As a long time Linux user and one that has suffered through multiple versions of teams/slack/zoom/Google Meet I was pleasantly surprised with Google Meet (in chromium) for video calls. It worked flawlessly, adapted really well to a super wide monitor (actually used the space well), and had the background blurring/replacement features that get stripped from most linux clients, the only downside was that it didn't like screensharing in Firefox.
This is interesting. I've actually had a very jarring experience with Google meet. My webcam image, for some reason, would be squished, like it attempted to constrain it to 4:3 when it's 16:9. But the end image wasn't 4:3, there would be vertical bands on the sides. However, while waiting in the lobby for a meeting, the preview worked fine. This happened on both Firefox and Chrome (actual Chrome, not Chromium), and with multiple people.
The exact same setup worked perfectly in Teams, Zoom and OBS.
