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Fixes / workarounds to common Debian (Testing/Bullseye) software quirks
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Debian (Testing/Bullseye) Software Quirks

Zoom (Wayland)

Zoom doesn't properly detect the OS version and/or Wayland. This stops it from allowing screen sharing.

See Fix article

  1. Install via deb package from zoom.us
  2. Remove /etc/os-release
  3. Duplicate content from /usr/lib/os-release into /etc/os-release
  4. Append the following to /etc/os-release
VERSION_ID="99"
VERSION="99 (sid)"
VERSION_CODENAME="sid"

Final file should look like:

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
VERSION_ID="99"
VERSION="99 (sid)"
VERSION_CODENAME="sid"
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