Currently in Ubuntu 22.04, zoom has an error and closes.
Thanks to some digging, I found a solution.
Running the command zoom --disable-gpu-sandbox in a terminal window will successfully launch zoom. (There have been some buggy error messages for some people, but it still runs)
Or, if you want a more permanent solution, you can change the file in /usr/share/applications called Zoom.desktop.
Remember to use some option to gain sudo privileges to this file. I ran 'sudo nano /usr/share/applications Zoom.desktop' to do so.
That file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Zoom
Comment=Zoom Video Conference
Exec=/usr/bin/zoom %U
Icon=Zoom
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Network;Application;
StartupWMClass=zoom
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/zoommtg;x-scheme-handler/zoomus;x-scheme-handler/tel;x-scheme-handler/callto;x-scheme-handler/zoomphonecall;application/x-zoom
X-KDE-Protocols=zoommtg;zoomus;tel;callto;zoomphonecall;
Name[en_US]=Zoom
I changed the "Exec=/usr/bin/zoom %U" part to read "Exec=/usr/bin/zoom --disable-gpu-sandbox" and saved the file.
After this, Zoom launched like a charm for me.
I hope this is helpful,
-Denny
