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Lone Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the twelve-cases-of-ballz-later dept.

mrneutron2004 writes "A French physician and ardent Linux supporter is the one man you can all thank for adding support for 352 webcams in Linux. The Open Source OS world may still be a bit of a mess when competing with the ease of Windows, but efforts like this make you wonder. One man with drive, tenacity, and no funding does what no one else can do. And none of the major Linux distributions back this guy's efforts, even the big players dipping into the corporate world's coffers."

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  1. Re:First frenchman in history by 644bd346996 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Honestly, so what? Even the french people I know make jokes about surrendering and retreating. Don't try to draw a parallel between making jokes about france and one's intelligence.

  2. Re:First frenchman in history by Red+Flayer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The absolute pasting they took under the German Blitzkrieg is why they suffer surrender jokes.
    They failed to foresee the mobility of the German war machine, as I'm sure you know. If the Maginot Line had extended into the Alps, we'd likely be saluting the French for their bravery and sacrifice.

    That said, Vichy France was VERY helpful to the Germans, and many Americans can't let go of the ideal of the valiant rebel fighting on in guerilla warfare as some kind of Platonic ideal. Thus, to the simplistic American, all French are now mistakenly considered surrender monkeys who not only surrendered, but aided the enemy.
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    "Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
  3. Re:The French help America once again! by rec9140 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why the hate you ask? . . . .

    Simple ask the frech:

    1) who will sell mirages to any sand dictator that comes along

    2) harbor some of the most radical people on this planet starting with kommeni

    3) like them and their quefranbec relations have an ENTIRE GOVERNMENT AGENCY on the preservation of french.... in others words to keep OUT AMERICAN INFLUENCES on culture and lanquage

    4) lack of support of its allies, namely the US, since WWII

    Plain and simple the snobbery starts in france so I am more than glad to just ignore the place entirely. Not some place I plan on visiting on any trip to Europe..I'd go to downtown Beirut before any place in france

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