Tag Archives: Webcam

Skype 2.1 beta for Linux

Posted on September 1, 2009 by Arun

Seventeen months after releasing Skype 2.0 for Linux, the Skype team has released a beta version of Skype 2.1. According to Skype, Skype 2.1 beta adds support to high quality video and super wideband audio that are being used in … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 relased

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha of next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.10, code named Karmic Koala. Kubunt 9.10 alpha 3 is also out. I found few interesting features in both Ubuntu and Kubuntu that might appeal to end … Continue reading →

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Controlling your computer with hand gesture – available for Linux too

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Arun

Taiwan’s publicly funded Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) developed a software that lets users control their computer with simple hand gesture. All you need is a webcam and Air Cursor software. ITRI developed the software to work with common computer … Continue reading →

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Webcam didn’t work with Virtualbox 3.0

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Arun

You might have read my earlier post about Virtualbox 3.0. I thought the feature I was waiting for was fixed in Virtualbox 3.0. It was the webcam support. I thought the following changelog was to fix that issue:USB: Support for … Continue reading →

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Virtualbox 3.0 released

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Arun

Sun has released Virtualbox 3.0 yesterday. Virtualbox 3.0 brings one of the fixes I have been waiting for. It fixed the USB webcam problem. I haven’t tried it to see if it’s working. I would give that a try tonight. … Continue reading →

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Google chat now supports Video

Posted on November 13, 2008 by Arun

Google has finally delivered the long expected support for webcam in Google chat. I’m not sure why Google took so long to introduce video support when all other clients had that. To use the video chat, all you have to … Continue reading →

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Webcam settings adjustment

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Arun

Is there an application in Ubuntu that I could use to adjust the brightness of my Logitech webcam? As I mentioned in my earlier posts, when the webcam was recognized properly by Ubuntu 8.04 and AMSN, I could adjust the … Continue reading →

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Two more issues with Ubuntu 8.10

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Arun

I forgot to mention couple of more issues I encountered with Ubuntu 8.10. The first one is WPA encryption. Even though wpa-supplicant is installed, Ubuntu network manager didn’t connect to WPA encrypted connection. It works fine with WEP connection. I … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 8.10 upgrade and fresh installation

Posted on November 3, 2008 by Arun

I upgraded my desktop from Ubuntu 8.04 to Ubuntu 8.10 last Friday. The upgrade went smoothly though it took 3 hours to complete. Most of the time was used to download the packages. After the installation was done and I … Continue reading →

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Dell’s Ubuntu 7.10 offering

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Arun

You might have heard the news that Dell is offering DVD video playback in their Ubuntu systems. Dell has released more information on what they are offering for Ubuntu 7.10. Dell is offering LinDVD software with every Ubuntu system for … Continue reading →

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