On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 08:12:30AM -0400, Frank Tarczynski wrote: > I'm building a video conference appliance using a Raspberry Pi 4 for my > parents. > > I'm using a RPi 4 that boots from a SD card and an USB webcam/microphone. > > Gentoo is the only OS I can find that supports the USB webcam in both > Firefox and Chromium with no issues. > > Getting my parents to understand that they need to shutdown the RPi before > hitting the power button is a challenge. And I've not been successful at > finding a case for the RPi 4 with a soft power switch and a fan.
Gentoo seems like a terrible choice for those who are not technically inclined. Perhaps an easier solution, for the case of your parents, would be to find a simpler and smaller O.S.\ and then triage/fix the webcam and microphone problems. Aside from the perceived resolution of the webcam and microphone problems, are there any other significant reasons to use Gentoo ? Especially on a Raspberry Pi, it can be particularly difficult with the proprietary firmware. -- Ashley Dixon suugaku.co.uk 2A9A 4117 DA96 D18A 8A7B B0D2 A30E BF25 F290 A8AA
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