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Lone Programmer Writes 352 Webcam Drivers For Linux 450

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday April 30, 2007 @05:23PM from the twelve-cases-of-ballz-later dept.

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."

Comment FreeNet==Freedom of speach? (Score 1) 541

by lras on Monday May 16, 2005 @04:26PM (#12547105) Attached to: Revamping Freenet

Freedom of speach (FoS) is about being able to express opinions. It is not about being able to transfer files anonymously. If there is FoS, one should be able to post opinions and ideas in one's own name, without fear of punishment. A move to strictly annonymous communication is actually a step away from FoS.

Defending FoS means fighting against the powers that try to prevent that right, like governments, or self-proclaimed "guardians of morality".

Although FreeNet could be useful for groups that need guerilla methods to defend FoS, FreeNet itself does not defend FoS.

Sadly, it seems like many people think that FoS is a technical problem, and they then stop thinking about how to really defend it.

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