Re: WSJ - Article on Linux netbooks

[Andras Simon <szajmi gmail com>]

On 5/28/09, Konstantin Svist <fry kun gmail com> wrote:

> Another example from my experience: I bought a Creative webcam on
> impulse (it was very cheap, found it on Slickdeals). Plug it in - no
> dice. Search for the drivers - nothing. Some similar models are
> supported, but not this one (different chipset, I think, was the problem).
> Creative has open source page for this webcam
> (http://tinyurl.com/m72oq3). I'll even save you the trouble of going to
> that page: status is "pending" and there's no link to any sources. So
> what, I'm supposed to write a driver myself?

No. Just stop impulse buying stuff.

Andras