@eri I have never had a webcam that didn't work in Linux

@howtophil it really depends. almost all USB webcams tend to work without issues on account of USB having a standard for it, but built-in cameras on devices are a crapshoot if they aren't connected over USB internally.

@eri Like I said, my experience has never been that one didn't work, laptop inbuilt, or USB, or serial cable... Seems it must be a rare occurrence to me, but I also just might be the luckiest person for the last ~30 years

@howtophil Indeed, you're insanely lucky:
- Early 2000s, UVC didn't exist as a standard yet and each webcam USB module vendor had their own weird protocol, further tweaked down by the final product maker. We had to hunt drivers (I was semi-lucky that my Logitech did work as-is after compiling spca5xx)
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