Re: GLUG: digital cameras

[Visual Numerics <visualn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,
> After seeing the original post - I went out and got gPhoto.  Works
> well with my Olympus C-800L.  Interesting in that under Linux - one
> program will work with all cameras, yet under other OS's - you'd have a
> new prog for each...  Not that I guess many folk have more than one
> camera anyway... Just useful when a friend comes around...
This is also true for scanners, video cards, graphics
cards, network cards - the list is endless. Linux
writes for the chipset and not the "assembler" and
since there are usually only a few chip manufacturers
it makes a lot more sense.

Chalk another one up to Tux!

Jeremy
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