I mean I always check in to plug back in the board and update it every few months. When Covid hit and we went live I had to lean on Windows in 2020 til I knew how Linux would handle the suddenly-living-online-all-day aspect. Solus acquitted itself nicely and had the functioning software I needed to work.
The story:
recorded content in Solus flatpak Zoom today for a work upload. Zoom crashed. Left no convert file the s.o.b.
recorded content again in flatpak zoom and again it crashed but saved the fragmented convert file.
double-clicked to convert Zoom file with Zoom launched, in Solus, and file would not convert. That convert screen freezes on 0%. Right click, force it to zoom app, same results.
Next, recorded same content in Fedora flatpak Zoom for same work upload. Zoom crashed.
Left a convert file. Still with Flatpak zoom launched, and account logged in, Fedora Zoom could not convert the convert zoom file fragment. Frozen at 0%.
Faced with the prospect of recording this a 5th time I booted windows.
After 30 minutes of updates and trend micro nonsense bothering me I was able to get my work recorded, converted, and uploaded. No problems at all.
irony: I use @wetgeeks flatpak update -y && flatpak remove --unused
-y daily on startup
working theory: flatpak likely behind on zoom update since identical two errors (hard crash then refusal to convert) in two linux OS's using zoom flatpak.
conclusion: glad I kept windows at home it bailed me out.
reason for writing: never thought I would say that again
alternative linux remedies tried: even zooming in browser forces linux launch of standalone flatpak so browser moot. I did not seek out an appimage, if it even existed.