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On 24/04/2020 10:17, Simon Avery wrote:
If you move off the definite brand names, there's no point doing a lot of research. There's a billion of these things and you won't know what Linux thinks of them until you plug 'em in. Yes, you can try to research, but even if you get exactly what your friend bought last week and worked fine, the firmware or chipset may have changed.But - that said, probably most are compatible to a greater or lesser degree with a modern linux. You just won't be sure until you try. It might be worth checking your returns options first.
There are actually only a handful of actual manufacturers of webcam CCD and Interface boards, any USB Webcam will adhere to the USB video device class and will essentially be supported by the Linux kernel
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.13/media/v4l-drivers/uvcvideo.htmlWhen you buy a branded webcam, it's more likely that the only thing they actually manufactured was the plastic case, and the logo (although some even outsource that work as well), everything else was probably sourced via the Asian grey market for electronic components and interface boards.
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