Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 29th May 2007 17:20 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"Recently I had a chance to spend some time with Fujitsu's P7230 ultraportable notebook. With a 10.6" LED-backlit LCD and a weight of less than 3lbs the system is just what many mobile fanatics are looking for, but such portability comes at a price. The P7230 is powered but a 1.2GHz Intel Core Solo U1400 processor, something that is great for the battery life, but does not have the power of its Core 2 Duo brethren. The single-core, low-voltage processor works well much of the time but chokes under the load brought on by intensive programs as well as multi-tasking. In attempt to get the most possible from the P7230 I decided to completely remove Vista in favor of Ubuntu 7.04."
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RE: Webcam seems a big issue with Linux desktop
by siimo on Wed 30th May 2007 00:51
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There is this guy who has been writing linux webcam drivers that work with 200+ webcams. The news was on not that long ago. Here is the hero http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/sacre-bleu%21/linux+lovin-frenchman-...
RE[2]: Webcam seems a big issue with Linux desktop
by spikeb on Wed 30th May 2007 01:34
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RE: Webcam seems a big issue with Linux desktop
by islander on Wed 30th May 2007 03:50
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2005-10-20
I am using Arch on my desktop and hardly change over to Windows, except when I want to play games or use Skype Video.
Skype is there for Linux, but Linux version does not have Video support. Also my webcam (Creative) does not have Linux drivers.
I am very happy with Arch, but I think that video chatting is becoming part of everyday life, specially with good broadband speeds of 40 Mbps and more.
Maybe big corporates like Canonical/Novell and Redhat should consider this as the next means to make life even smoother on Linux desktop.