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I have been using linux for a couple of years now and the most infuriating thing to this day are when things just dont work when they should, when you have to perform some terminal-fu to make certain things even work.

So here i am, pleading for help for two specific issues before i jump back into using a specific distro (yes, most things a distro does are agnostic and can be achieve by others, but thats not my point here)

Here the things i would like to work (with little to no tinkering if possible) webmotioncapture, runs fine over wine but doesnt detect my camera (vseeface is not an option as it doesnt detect hands and needs some serious code-fu to make that work, also didnt detect my camera)

have my camera work and be detected in linux and wine (Anker PowerConf C200)

if anybody could point into a distro direction, or actually easy to understand absolute minimal tinkering instructions, id be very gratefull

update: i genuinely cant believe it, wecammotioncapture, works under wine, without any tinkering, hallelujah!

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[–] Zeth0s@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You are trying to use a software built from a different operating system, by definition you have to tinker, unless someone already did it for you. That's how compiled code works

The only way to avoid tinkering is using native applications. With the exception probably of proton, as valve tinkered for the users

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've actually gotten similar software working on Linux, but it's very far from easy. No distros are going to easily support that out of the box, so unless you find a guide (or write your own to follow) it's gonna be tough

[–] TimeMuncher2@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)