[PLUG] webcam that works with Linux

2009-02-07 Thread Mayuresh
Looking to buy a webcam for a desktop. (OS: Fedora 9). It's for general purpose use. A resolution of 640x480, 30 fps frame rate and built-in microphone should be enough. Can anyone recommend one that works well on Linux? Web searches and shopkeepers suggest Microsoft VX1000 though I did not

[PLUG] minutes of today's monthly meet

2009-02-07 Thread shirish
Hi all, Had gone to the PLUG meet after a long haitus, almost 3 months or more. Few people showed up and got the meeting underway. There was just one thing on the agenda, talking and sharing about the GNUnify.in meetup happening at symbiosis on 13th and 14th. Basically it seems something like

Re: [PLUG] minutes of today's monthly meet

2009-02-07 Thread Kaustubh Gadkari
Anyways, the discussion then veered towards Ubuntu spoiling things. The argument being put forth were :- a. They make things too damn easy. While people may still have to configure stuff, most of the things become pretty much built-in so a newbie/amateur programmer/developer who wants to

Re: [PLUG] minutes of today's monthly meet

2009-02-07 Thread Rahul Sundaram
shirish wrote: The other thing which happened is that Ramky (always forget his full name, sorry) from Redhat showed us a demo of frets on fire. Ramakrishna Reddy and it is Red Hat. I had heard of this game but had never run due to its 2 GB RAM system requirements.

Re: [PLUG] minutes of today's monthly meet

2009-02-07 Thread shirish
Replies in-line :- On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 15:58, Rahul Sundaram sunda...@fedoraproject.org wrote: shirish wrote: The other thing which happened is that Ramky (always forget his full name, sorry) from Redhat showed us a demo of frets on fire. Ramakrishna Reddy and it is Red Hat. Apologies

[PLUG] Insallation of Linuk on laptop

2009-02-07 Thread RAMDASS NAVALE
Dear Sir. I have a Lenevo laptop – Model 3000 Y 500 having configurations Celeron 1.6/ 512/80GB, Keyboard Microsoft Vista. I have tried to install Mandriva -2008 2009,Ubuntu -5.05/5.10/8.10, Feroda 10,Suse 10, Sabayon 4 . For the very first two/three steps inbuilt key board works. But after