On Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:54:18 +0000, Robert Riches wrote:

> On 2020-11-25, Mayayana  wrote:
>> "Robert Riches"  wrote
>>
>>| Is there a known way to get two-way audio working for Zoom in the |
>>Chromium browser that comes in Raspbian Buster on a Pi 4B?
>>|
>>
>>   I tried getting that going at one point with a
>> webcam. I found this list:
>>
>> https://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Webcams
>>
>>    As you can see, there are finicky issues. With
>> a cheap Logitech (270, I think) I got a crummy picture and no audio. I
>> didn't look any further. The woman I live with needed Zoom for work, so
>> I ended up helping her to pick a Win10 laptop. :) I'm only using the Pi
>> for streaming Internet/movies to a TV.
>>
>>   On the bright side, the HP laptop with a big screen was
>> only about $600. It turns out the thinner and chintzier you want them,
>> the more they cost. A nearly useless MS Surface costs more than twice
>> the HP. Yet the HP has a DVD writer and ethernet port, while the
>> Surface has about $1,000 worth of thinness.
>
> Thank you for that link.  That's a great resource!
>
> I'll be replying with more details to another post in the thread.

Its also worth looking on eBay: you can find real bargains there.

Three years ago I picked up an i5-based Lenovo T420 with 8GB RAM, 1600 x
900 screen and 500GB disk. Judging from condition and hours it had about
a year's use on it and cost GBP 300. It was and still is in very good
nick and, like all Lenovos, it runs Fedora Linux like it was designed for
it and has been very reliable.


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