hacker: i am spying on you through your webcam
linux user: omg you got it working?
@eri I have never had a webcam that didn't work in Linux
@howtophil @eri I'm currently sitting in an office with at least 2 laptops with ubuntu without a working webcam.
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@howtophil @eliocamp @eri Non-working laptop webcams is a recent phenomenon, as these cams started to resemble smartphone cameras more than USB webcams. Support is arriving though, it just takes some time for the whole stack to adapt.
@eliocamp @howtophil @eri Ah, no, I'm talking about new hardware, not PEBKAC :)
@dos @howtophil @eri Indeed it's recent. My camera was working a few months ago and the some random update broke it.