# Implement Virtual Backgrounds in Linux

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/implement-virtual-backgrounds-in-linux/41558>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [January 26, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/implement-virtual-backgrounds-in-linux/41558 "2021-01-26T02:03:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Chococake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/chococake/32/36737_2.png) [@Chococake](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Chococake)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2022, 2:57pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/implement-virtual-backgrounds-in-linux/41558/103 "2022-04-08T14:57:46Z")

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This last week, I was _delighted_ to find that background blur started working in Zoom on ubuntu 20.04 without a green screen. No joke: I was waiting over two years for this feature to make it from Windows. I was happily able to host a couple of meetings using it. Unfortunately, after a reboot, I am getting the same bug as a few others have found: having background blur enabled either gives a black screen when you start a meeting, or will freeze your camera image if you enable it after entering a meeting. ☹

Did anyone find any fix?

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**Author:** ![thataintworking](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/thataintworking/32/36782_2.png) [@thataintworking](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/thataintworking)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/implement-virtual-backgrounds-in-linux/41558/104 "2022-04-11T15:08:36Z")

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Blur isn’t even an option for me, it just gives me a few basic virtual background images and when I select one, nothing happens.

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**Author:** ![Michael.Hanses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Michael.Hanses](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Michael.Hanses)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/implement-virtual-backgrounds-in-linux/41558/105 "2022-05-12T11:47:26Z")

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Same error here on Ubuntu 22.04 Dell Precision 7560. Sometimes it works but often it just displays a black screen.

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**Author:** ![sumitonboard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/sumitonboard/32/44063_2.png) [@sumitonboard](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/sumitonboard)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/implement-virtual-backgrounds-in-linux/41558/106 "2022-12-25T05:07:20Z")

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Hello, I have just switched from windows to linux and I work remotely so I need Zoom, and here I found how badly it has been managed as compared to windows, and this virtual background option is necessary for people like me who works remotely.

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**Author:** ![paulvpop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/paulvpop/32/63561_2.png) [@paulvpop](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/paulvpop)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 3:58am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/implement-virtual-backgrounds-in-linux/41558/107 "2024-09-24T03:58:31Z")

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It is surprising that this feature is STILL NOT AVAILABLE at the end of 2024. I can see an option for Virtual Background in the settings, but it doesn’t work without a greenscreen. And there is no option to blur the background. Please fix this asap.

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