I hate linux.

I spent about an hour compiling a kernel and wrangling drivers so I could hook up my Quickcam up to my fileserver. It’s working now, but the image seems a bit “chunkier” than I get from the windows software I have used (even though the image resolution is the same). I also discovered that there is a clear lack of simple (a.k.a not-dependent-on-X) command-line utils for grabbing frames from V4L (Video for Linux) video sources… Whatever, it sorta works now, but I just see myself needing to write my own capture software… What a pain in the ass…

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