Every time I upgrade my favorite Linux distro. I end up without Skype video support. Every time!!! It's unbelievable. Why can't Skype make an app that provides out-of-the-box video support for Kubuntu. Anyway, because I keep forgetting how to get my webcam to work with Skype on Linux, I thought I'd write about it here so I always have a reference and so you can benefit from my forgetfulness. Install a few libraries and applications Open Konsole or some other terminal then copy and paste these commands sudo apt-get build-dep v4lutils v4l-utils v4l2ucp cheese libwebcam0 sudo apt-get … [Read more...]
