Hi Helen, What is the wireless webcam?
Also, you should be able to find a keyboard layout that makes it easier to type an umlaut. I frequently have to switch between English and Icelandic, so I have things set up so that right-Ctrl-Shift switches between American and Icelandic layouts. Best r. Pall On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 4:48 AM helen varley jamieson < he...@creative-catalyst.com> wrote: > hi everyone, > > more than a year ago i wrote to this list asking for advice about buying a > linux laptop. it took me a while, but i'm now happily working with ubuntu > mate on a no-brand machine :) > > i spent quite a lot of time looking at second-hand & B-ware (ex-display) > machines, & also at new models (lenovo, dell, hp, acer, asus, etc etc ... ) > & got quite overwhelmed by the choice & variables. nothing was exactly what > i wanted, & i couldn't decide on what to compromise. i had a couple of > things that were definite - not bigger than 14", must have ethernet port, > prefereably separate audio in & out; so that narrowed things down quite a > bit, but still i wasn't finding anything that felt right. > > then i found a uk company that sells no-brand laptops with linux > pre-installed (https://www.entroware.com). i could choose the hard drive, > RAM, keyboard layout, etc & it arrived 5 days after i ordered it. i took it > out of the box, turned it on, & started using it. the trickiest thing i've > had to do so far was use the command line to get it to talk nicely to my > printer - & i managed that without incident. > > i'm still adjusting to the non-mac keyboard shortcuts - it's easier to > take a screenshot but more difficult to do an umlaut (ΓΌ), & there are a > couple of things i still need to work out. & one loss is that there are no > linux drivers for my wireless webcam, so i'm back to a tethered webcam for > now. but it is soooo much faster than my old mac, & i've found most of the > software that i need. > > so if anyone else out there is also considering making the switch to > linux, i say - just do it! :) > h : ) > -- > helen varley jamieson > he...@creative-catalyst.com > http://www.creative-catalyst.com > http://www.upstage.org.nz > > *We have a situation, Coventry! <http://www.wehaveasituation.net/?p=1402>* > 24 November 2016 > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- P Thayer, Artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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