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Which webcams are Ubuntu-friendly?

Asked by Joe Liau

Are there any recently reviewed webcams on the market that are working with Ubuntu/Karmic?

I have seen pages like these:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SkypeWebCams

Most of these don't seem to cover 9.10 and if they do, then I can't find that webcam in stores.

Are webcams still a big problem in Ubuntu or do most of them generally work?

Thanks,
Joe
Vancouver

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Appiah (appiah) said : 		#1

From my experince they just work,

Tried several laptops with webcams and they been working "out-of-the-box" with cheese.
Both Jaunty and Karmic.

I'd suggest you get ubuntu live on a USB stick , boot on it and see if your camera works.

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Joe Liau (joe) said : 		#2

Thanks for the response. I guess I should have specified that I am looking for a desktop computer webcam. ie USB peripheral type device.

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stuart221 (stuart221) said : 		#3

I have been using Logitech Quickcam E3500 it works great with skype.

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Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) said : 		#4

http://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/cameras
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCameras

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Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) said : 		#5

At the very last, choose a camera from store, google on the internet "camera name + ubuntu karmic". That's what I did for purchasing my hardware and finding a headset that worked perfect.

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Randall Ross (randall) said : 		#6

Two older cameras that "Just work" in 9.10 Karmic Koala are listed in this post. They are both fairly mainstream and likely available used on eBay, Craigslist, etc.

I have included the output of lsusb in case you want to double-check that you have the exact webcam before you buy it.

1. Creative Labs, Inc. "Model No. PD1170" webcam

ubuntuwillchangetheworld@karmic:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 041e:401f Creative Technology, Ltd WebCam Notebook [PD1171]

and,

2. Logitech, Inc "Notebook Deluxe" webcam

ubuntuwillchangetheworld@karmic:~$ lsusb
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 046d:08a9 Logitech, Inc. Notebook Deluxe

Cheers,
Randall
... in Vancouver

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