Lone Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux

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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who writes this bs?

[nanosquid]

The Open Source OS world may still be a bit of a mess when competing with the ease of Windows,

You must be kidding. The only thing that's "easier" about Windows is the fact that it's preinstalled; other than that, it's the most messy and tedious desktop OS among the four major ones (Windows, Mac, Linux/Gnome, and Linux/KDE).

Re:First frenchman in history

[tgrigsby]

Spoken like a true cheese eating surrender monkey.

Score: 0, Troll

Troll?! Oh come on, that's some funny stuff!

Re:Look UP

[pclminion]

Spoken like someone who's never programmed a device. Congratulations, you're a moron.

1 chipset, 1 driver

[XO]

...for 300+ cameras.

IE, it's kinda generic. Like the freaking MOUSE driver.

Not exactly a giant deal, someone wrote a driver.