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by OhSoHumble 1275 days ago
This is one of the more important aspects of Linux desktop usage for me. I am currently on Gnome but would switch in a literal heartbeat to KDE if fractional scaling dropped for it first.

Next up: better handling of screen sharing under Wayland. If that's done then I have no problem using Linux in a professional environment since I deliver presentations and collaborate virtually quite a bit.
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zdragnar 1275 days ago
Screen sharing in Wayland has been pretty painless for me with the exception of Zoom. The native app refuses to believe that I'm running one of the "approved" distros and won't even try, so if I need to share my screen, I just pop out of the meeting in the native app and rejoin from chrome.
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e-brake 1275 days ago
This has been my experience as well: no problems screensharing except w/ Zoom native client due to their distro whitelist preventing screensharing under Wayland. A little irksome. Just let us try! Browser mode until then.
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ajvs 1274 days ago
You can launch Zoom with a flag to make your desktop environment appear to be GNOME and it'll work.
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aidenn0 1274 days ago
What's the flag?
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ajvs 1274 days ago
env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=gnome /usr/bin/zoom %U
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lern_too_spel 1274 days ago
I do not trust the Zoom native app. What am I missing?
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zdragnar 1274 days ago
The UI is a bit different, and if you're just joining a meeting as a fairly passive participant, not a whole lot.

There's a long and extensive list of features here that compares capabilities of the various clients (including the web client) here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360027397692-Deskt...

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pantalaimon 1274 days ago
Does Screen Sharing on Wayland work in Teams now?
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zdragnar 1274 days ago
Not sure, last I used Teams was on a mac. A quick google search seems to indicate that, as with zoom, you'll want to join via a browser and have pipewire enabled. If you're using chrome, go to chrome://flags and enable WebRTC PipeWire support. Firefox is a mixed bag.

If you haven't already, you'll want to install xdg-desktop-portal-wlr as well, I think.

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Jnr 1274 days ago
Not in the "official" application. And microsoft deprecated it. You have to use the web version.
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not_the_fda 1275 days ago
KDE already has fractional scaling. This is for fractional scaling with Wayland. If you don't need Wayland, fractional scale away.
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