hi pall, the webcam is a BT-1 (http://www.ecamm.com/support/?cat=bt1) & it seems to be mac only (& isn't made anymore). i had a bit of a look for a linux driver for it but didn't find one. if you know of one, please tell me!
i'm still experimenting with the keyboard, & which keys to use for what. i often need spanish accents as well as german & sometimes serbian or other alphabet characters too, so i'm used to having to do a bit of switching around :) h : ) On 22.05.2017 13:55, Pall Thayer wrote: > Hi Helen, > > What is the wireless webcam? > > Also, you should be able to find a keyboard layout that makes it > easier to type an umlaut. I frequently have to switch between English > and Icelandic, so I have things set up so that right-Ctrl-Shift > switches between American and Icelandic layouts. > > Best r. > Pall > > On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:48 AM helen varley jamieson > <he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com>> wrote: > > hi everyone, > > more than a year ago i wrote to this list asking for advice about > buying a linux laptop. it took me a while, but i'm now happily > working with ubuntu mate on a no-brand machine :) > > i spent quite a lot of time looking at second-hand & B-ware > (ex-display) machines, & also at new models (lenovo, dell, hp, > acer, asus, etc etc ... ) & got quite overwhelmed by the choice & > variables. nothing was exactly what i wanted, & i couldn't decide > on what to compromise. i had a couple of things that were definite > - not bigger than 14", must have ethernet port, prefereably > separate audio in & out; so that narrowed things down quite a bit, > but still i wasn't finding anything that felt right. > > then i found a uk company that sells no-brand laptops with linux > pre-installed (https://www.entroware.com). i could choose the hard > drive, RAM, keyboard layout, etc & it arrived 5 days after i > ordered it. i took it out of the box, turned it on, & started > using it. the trickiest thing i've had to do so far was use the > command line to get it to talk nicely to my printer - & i managed > that without incident. > > i'm still adjusting to the non-mac keyboard shortcuts - it's > easier to take a screenshot but more difficult to do an umlaut > (ΓΌ), & there are a couple of things i still need to work out. & > one loss is that there are no linux drivers for my wireless > webcam, so i'm back to a tethered webcam for now. but it is soooo > much faster than my old mac, & i've found most of the software > that i need. > > so if anyone else out there is also considering making the switch > to linux, i say - just do it! :) > > h : ) > -- > helen varley jamieson > he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.upstage.org.nz > > *We have a situation, Coventry! > <http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?p=1402>* > 24 November 2016 > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -- > P Thayer, Artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org -- helen varley jamieson he...@creative-catalyst.com <mailto:he...@creative-catalyst.com> http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz *We have a situation, Coventry! <http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?p=1402>* 24 November 2016
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