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Date:      Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:52:22 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        "Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com>
Cc:        sdbug@sdbug.org
Subject:   Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices
Message-ID:  <xzp8ygx7ell.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> (Peter Leftwich's message of "Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:36:05 -0700 (PDT)")
References:  <12586.63.109.229.22.1081967765.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com>

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"Peter Leftwich" <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> writes:
> * webcam ball

see for instance /usr/ports/graphics/vid

> * flatbed scanner

see /usr/ports/graphics/sane-frontends

> * color printer

see for instance /usr/ports/print/cups

> * digital cameras

Most of those behave as USB mass-storage devices, see 'man umass'

> * firewire devices

see 'man firewire'

> * several USB 1 and 2 devices

Which ones?

> * IM software features such as voice and video chat

see /usr/ports/mbone/vic (though I haven't used it in six years)

> * websites that use ActiveX (Windows) controls

you'd be surprised how rare these are.

> * MP3 devices

Some of these use proprietary protocols, while others behave as USB or
Firewire mass-storage devices.  The latter are supported out of the
box.  For the former, there is for instance /usr/ports/audio/rio, or
/usr/ports/audio/rio500 (in conjunction with the urio driver).

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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