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Luckily they offer web-based versions of the software, so I use my browser as that lightweight VM :)

I tried that the other day when I had to use Zoom for work. The sound was stuttering (in a consistent straight pattern). Luckily the group was small enough that I managed to convince them to switch to Jitsi.

While it's not at all lightweight, that's exactly how I'm working from home now, using the free Windows 10 VM.

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/virt...

Someday we will be able to run a VM in browser that's fast enough for Zoom, something like jslinux[1].

or... their web apps will stop to suck.

[1] https://bellard.org/jslinux/

The Zoom webapp is fine. My only issue with it is that it does not support the Brady bunch layout.

I believe the Chrome app does, which runs inside a chrome tab and is sandboxed from the rest of the system.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zoom/hmbjbjdpkobdj...

I do this already. It's fairly easy. Make a Windows VM or a clone of your existing one specifically to run mandatory shitware like pretty much all enterprise conferencing apps.