webcam for skype under Ubuntu

[Tony Pursell]

On Sat, 2011-01-15 at 11:46 +0000, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 15 January 2011 11:07, loody <miloody at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dear all:
> > I intend to buy a webcam for video conference meeting over skype under Ubuntu.
> > 1. Shall I buy any webcam will be fine?
> 
> Most are, some aren't. Personally I use a Logitech Pro 9000 webcam and
> it works very nicely.
> 
> Cheers,
> Al.
> 

My Logitech C250 is fine with Skype as well.  Recently Amazon (in UK)
had a good deal on them.  Whatever you do, make sure you buy a UVC (USB
Video Class) compliant webcam for max compatibility with Ubuntu
applications.

Tony