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Re:Ask HN: Why does Zoom Desktop examine all processes and a... by aetherspawn on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @12:08AM (#28217691)
Sounds like it works a little differently on Linux.

To be honest, I'm actually surprised and impressed that they support screen share in the Linux version because of how many different flavors of i.e. WM there are in the wild.

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Re:Ask HN: Why does Zoom Desktop examine all processes and a... by eadmund on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @09:55AM (#28220957)
I don't believe that the WM would enter into it — as long as folks are using X11 the code should be, I think, the same for any WM or DE.

Now, using Wayland it may or may not be possible, depending on which WM/compositor/whatever you are running.

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