On Friday 04 April 2008 07:22:49 Bart van Kuik wrote: > I'm looking for a good compatible webcam for my Fedora 8 laptop. > > Does anyone have suggestions for a good plug-and-play webcam? > > I also want to use video chat software where the other end can run > Windows. Any suggestions for that? Skype 2.0? Others? > > My main priority is getting something working and I'm willing to mix > non-free software and/or somewhat more expensive webcam hardware. > > Thanks, > Bart Hi I've had 100% success on the basis of two! The more recent one is a Trust one costing around £7. It didn't work immediately on plugging in, but a quick google on the USB vendor/product ids revealed it needed gspca installing. Yum came to my rescue and the rest is history. I only use my webcam for observing wildlife or time-lapse, but I think someone recommended using kopete as software a few weeks back. HTH Nick
