Same audio issues here. Zoom always wants to set my mic level to 0 and change the default output source for whatever reason.
My last company used Teams which I had a much better experience with on Linux (gnome+xorg) than Zoom.
My last company used Teams which I had a much better experience with on Linux (gnome+xorg) than Zoom.
A few examples:
- My USB headset only works for the first call. Restarting teams let's me use it for one more call
- joining a meeting from the calendar spins forever. Doing it from the chat list works fine
- incoming calls don't ring my Linux teams, but ring everywhere else
- the settings for setting which device to use rarely have any effect; I can use any pulse mixer to switch though
That is then made worse if one uses the ability to pop out a chat in a new window, such that it is very difficult to see the popped out chat.
I've resorted to always running the web version in a Chromium instance, that being the only way to make its UI usable.
Oddly enough, the macOS client is a bit more usable, but I've not tried popped out windows there.
Over and above that, it seems to be a bandwidth hog while just sitting there watching an idle chat/team/channel.
Something I'd not use if it hadn't been adopted as the corporate "solution" at $EMPLOYER.
Settings, Audio, uncheck Automatically adjust microphone volume.