[NetBehaviour] linux laptops

[helen varley jamieson]

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
> <helen at creative-catalyst.com <mailto:helen at 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
>     (ü), & 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 : )
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