[Gllug] Binary Only Modules are a cheap trick (was webcams on linux)

[Doug Winter]

On Wed 19 Feb Thomas Charles Robinson wrote:
> Try and contact the vendor sometime. You get (a) no reply or (b) sorry,
> we can't help you at this time. Go away you rubbish vendors!!

Too right.

That said, it can be very difficult to find hardware that has all the
right features, is the right price, and works with your favorite OS.  It
can take an irritating amount of research, especially when it's a bit of
hardware you've never used before.

Invariably hardware compatibility charts are out of date and often list
chipsets rather than manufacturer.  And manufacturers often change model
numbers with regularity, and with no predictable pattern.

I wish someone would open a free-OS only shop on Tottenham Court Road.
Would make life sooooo much easier :)

doug.

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