[ale] web camera

Sean drifter at oppositelock.org
Tue Jan 20 10:46:30 EST 2009


On Monday 19 January 2009 09:25:18 pm Jim Kinney wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Sean <drifter at oppositelock.org> wrote:
> > Am running FC 7 and I hope that is recent enough.
>
> Upgrade that dinosaur instantly if not sooner. F8 is EOL. F7 is a long
> dead fossil with know security issues.

Running KDE and had planned to wait for FC 11 in hopes that some >issues<
will be resolved by then.


> Web cameras are like wireless cards a few years ago - hit or miss. The
> identifier is not on the box. So use a place with a very easy returns
> policy (MicroCenter!) or use the online docs for web cams and ebay for
> the source.
>
> Check here for Fedora webcam status:
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport

Will do.

Tnx.

Sean




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