On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 9:23 AM, Florin Iucha <florin at iucha.net> wrote: > Howdy, > > My relatives are shaming me into using a web-cam for our chats; they even > say this Internet thingy will catch on, or something. Anyway, I'm > looking for a Linux-friendly web-cam. I've heard good things about > Logitech, but they have 1001 models. What's needed, what's useful and > what can be ignored about webcams? Are there some models that can be > unwrapped, connected to the first USB port and just getting them to > work with any recent Ubuntu/Fedora distro? > > Are there any programs on Linux that interoperate with some web-cam > enabled chat programs on Windows? (I know about IRC, but my UTF-8 > rendition is definitely not that flattering). > This is very good list of webcams, which work with skype under linux. I already tried 2 of them, and they work well in ubuntu hardy and opensuse 10.3. The real problem is, that there are Logitech cams with the same model name/number, but with different chipsets (different USB ID), and I already got burned with one, because I did not check in the "not supported" list in the bottom. Cheers -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap.