[Wylug-help] Webcams... what to buy that'll "just work"?

[Gary Stainburn]

On Tuesday 05 January 2010 17:21:35 James Holden wrote:
> All,
>
> I want to buy a webcam so the kids can do video calls to their gran in
> Spain.
>
> The last time I tinkered with webcams on Linux, support was seriously
> flakey to say the least. Has the situation improved in recent years?
>
> Does anyone have a particular model they recommend? Should I go for a
> reputable brand like Logitech or can I expect that all the generic
> Chinese made ones on ebay will contain a compatible chipset?
>
> I'm on the latest Ubuntu.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James

My logitec USB camera as well as the ones built into my DELL and Asus eeepc 
all work faultlessly with Ubuntu (eeepc) and Fedora 9/10/11 (Dell and 
desktop)

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