[SLL] Netbook, redux; also, webcam?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Mar 30, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Glenn Stone wrote:

> OK, I've heard things about Asus (I'm not really inclined to go  
> tohere;
> teeny keyoard), Acer, HP, Dell... nobody's said anything about the  
> Samsung I
> saw in the University Bookstore yesterday.

Those are pretty sharp looking too. (I'm assuming you're talking about  
the NC10).

> I think it has a webcam?  Do any
> of them have webcams that work with Linux?

Pretty much all of them work. They're all usb video class devices,  
which are driven by the uvcvideo driver. Any that don't work, getting  
them going should be mostly trivial.

> Also, assuming (likely) that I go with one sans webcam, anybody have a
> recommendation there?  Doesn't have to be fancy, it just has to work
> decently...

Are there actually netbooks that don't have webcams? Offhand, I can't  
think of one without...

Fwiw, knowing what I know now about my own netbook and various other  
ones I've played with, I think I'd actually hold out for something  
with a slightly larger and higher resolution screen than the 9"  
1024x600 I've got now. The Dell Mini 12 is actually semi-attractive,  
except for the stupid gma500 graphics on it. The forthcoming Samsung  
NC20 is also reasonably attractive. (I believe both are 12" 1280x800  
screens). Also quite fond of the Lenovo IdeaPad U110 and HP  
TX2-1020US, but both of those are considerably more expensive...

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Jarod Wilson
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