@ Leith:-
Mike's advice is sound. Step's Zoom desktop Linux 'client' works OOTB, and most Puppians that have tried it have reported success with it. The Chrome 'Zoom' extension pre-supposes that you already have a desktop client in place, since it's really for allowing you to schedule meetings, & times for those meetings
via said client. It's done this way because a lot of us spend most of our time
in our browsers, so naturally, it's seen as one of the best places to pop-up reminders, etc.
Just as an aside, I've discovered in recent weeks that the Linux port of Zoom is apparently far more reliable than its Windoze counterpart. Go figure....
As for the browsers.....hmm. OK. Let me try and explain it like this:-
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I happen to believe that the whole concept of 'portable' browsers is the way forward, as far as Puppy is concerned. It's yet another way of making Puppy modular; however, I
do understand that those I refer to as the "old guard", i.e., anyone who's been around with Puppy for longer than I have, are so used to the whole setup with .pet & SFS packages that they may, perhaps, regard these "new-fangled" 'portables' with a certain degree of suspicion.
It's like anything new; it often takes a while to take the plunge and try something new - I've been there myself, so I completely get where other Puppians are coming from! - yet once you
do try the new way of doing something, it's often discovered to be a distinct improvement over the old method.....and you wonder why it took you so long to pluck up the courage to do so.
We all get very attached to our comfort zones, y'know?
I have a flash drive, with assorted 32-bit and 64-bit 'portable' browsers on it, along with ditto for portable Thunderbird (only the best e-mail client
ever!). It doesn't matter where I go, I can plug in my 'Puppy-on-a-stick' and have my favourite, familiar OS all set-up and ready to go. I then plug in the other flash drive, and my favourite browsers & email client are all set up and ready to go, too.....
Even SFS packages aren't quite
that versatile..!
It is, of course, very much a case of personal choice, as with so much tech-oriented stuff. You pays your money, and you takes your pick.....
Mike.
