Come to think of it, I've used Zoom on Linux.

I personally use Zoom on linux (Ubuntu, Linux Mint). Last year when our church was on Zoom instead of meeting in person, I picked up a couple of (cheap)older Win 7 era laptops that didn't have enough umph to run Windows 10. Loaded Linux Mint and Zoom and gave them to a couple of members that didn't have computers.

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On a linux desktop? Should not be a problem. For Ubuntu and Linux MInt and Manjaro, most webcams are just plug and play, no extra drivers needed. The only webcam that didn't work was an ancient Logitech ball-looking thing that I picked up at a garage sale. A Microsoft lifecam, a newer Logitech, and a RockSoul just worked.

I opted to get out of the Windows rat race the last go-round also. My system at the time was an ancient p4 with 4gb running win xp. Since I had already been bypassed by several "upgrades" that I chose not to do due to their machine requirements and my windows box decided to have interrupt controller problems again (new motherboard time), I started looking for other solutions.

Thanks to OF and his support of Linux Mint as a good, useable platform, I bought a little zotac with a dual core atom and 2 gb for $25. It ran Mint 17 great and was as fast at most stuff as my 2.8ghz p4. It had a wonderful Nvidia One video processor and would play 1080p video at 25%  processor utilization allowing me to watch video in a window while doing other stuff. Something I could never do on my old windows box.

I recently upgraded to an almost 10 year old Dell Precision T-1600 workstation with E3-1245 quad-core Xeon processor at 3.3ghz, dual monitor capable, dvd-rw and 4gb ram for $49 from a surplus sales site. What a screamer running Linux Mint 19. I haven't had or missed windows since my old machine died. I'm not spied on by my os or half the software on the machine which reduces overhead. I don't need any online subscriptions to run software I was once able to buy and use as long and as much as I wanted. I won't be subject to Microsoft's censorship which they have said will be coming soon and my wallet isn't being constantly drained by forced upgrades and personal information being sold either.

Thanks OF. I'm glad I took the plunge. It's much more stable than any version of windows I have ever used. The learning curve was very small for Mint. It worked right out of the "box" with everything in my system.

I am forced to use windows at work doing typesetting using Adobe software. 3.6ghz with 8gb and I find myself sitting there waiting on it to do the same things that just pop right up on my home system. The boss is getting sort of "put out" by the 'we need a new computer' every few years due to forced upgrades. And, of course, software upgrades since the old stuff doesn't work and play well with the new windows. He doesn't understand anything about a computer but does understand very well when it impacts his bottom line by having to buy new computers and software because the old one isn't powerful enough anymore or the old software keeps crashing under the new windows. He really gets it when we lose half a day's work due to glitchy software problems. I keep hoping I can get him off the windows bandwagon but he thinks we can't work without it.

Hay OldFeller

My daughter is wanting me to buy her a computer .   If windows 10 is not a good choice ... then what should I get her ?

 Your wife will not be able to stand the agony watching you try to do the change-out, she will intervene on your behalf ......  

OldFeller , you got somethings backwards.  

When my Vista quit working I went to windows 10 , and when Marcia's Window's 7 quit , then she didn't want a 10 she wanted she wanted a windows 8 and I got her one.    Hay , I never could get the Mint DVD thing to load on the Vista ... could have been the Vista was already done in ?  

When we remodeled the kitchen ... a took the cow money from that year  to Lowes and she picked out what she wanted so I could put it in.
The cows do buy me a motorcycle once in a while too.    They (cows) may buy me a Himalaya this year ?  

I'm an idiot when it come to the computer world but she ask me what to do when something don't - "do easy".    

Your my Computer expert !      So daughter wants me to get her a computer and she's not even sure what she wants to do with it.  
I'd get her a windows 10 but should I ?  

Now, with respect, things that can stuff new Linux users 1/ your @ key is now your inverted commas key and your inveted commas key is now your @ key. 2/ Immediatley upon installing Linux you must check for Google Chrome Stable updates and install them, they come up regularly, you will also see a lot of other computer language updates, which you can install if you wish, you aren't being spoon/forcefed updates. 3/ fonts, these will have strange names, for instance, with Microsoft, my preference was for the ARIAL font, on Linux I get a thing called DEJA VU SANS, looks like ARIAL. Al this makes me wonder if MS hasn't somehow copyrighted keystrokes and fonts. 4/ you won't have a spell check unless you search in Linuxes many programs and find one. My 11 year old HP desktop seems to run ok, and it was a run out model when I brought it.