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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 08:12:30AM -0400, Frank Tarczynski wrote: |
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> I'm building a video conference appliance using a Raspberry Pi 4 for my |
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> parents. |
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> I'm using a RPi 4 that boots from a SD card and an USB webcam/microphone. |
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> Gentoo is the only OS I can find that supports the USB webcam in both |
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> Firefox and Chromium with no issues. |
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> Getting my parents to understand that they need to shutdown the RPi before |
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> hitting the power button is a challenge. And I've not been successful at |
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> finding a case for the RPi 4 with a soft power switch and a fan. |
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Gentoo seems like a terrible choice for those who are not technically inclined. |
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Perhaps an easier solution, for the case of your parents, would be to find a |
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simpler and smaller O.S.\ and then triage/fix the webcam and microphone |
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problems. |
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Aside from the perceived resolution of the webcam and microphone problems, are |
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there any other significant reasons to use Gentoo ? Especially on a Raspberry |
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Pi, it can be particularly difficult with the proprietary firmware. |
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