[Nottingham] Is the MS Tide is turning? - [Infopoint]more Interest gathering - a change

Simon Osborne flibble at gmail.com
Thu Jul 12 19:00:04 BST 2007


On 12/07/07, David Aldred <david at familyaldred.org.uk> wrote:
>
>
> > 2 - my webcam doesn't work under Linux - and I use it with Skype and the
> > like...
>
> Have you tried it under Linux?  I though mine wouldn't work (it's s dirt
> cheap
> one from Tesco), but it does....


This is one thing I've noticed a lot. The cheapest peripheral, be it a
network card or webcam, has a higher chance of working in Linux than an
expensive one. It seems that cheaper chipsets are better supported. Anybody
else think this also?

Simon
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