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==iSight on Linux== [[Linux kernel]] 3.0+ internally contains the driver for the iSight camera.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.0|title=Linux_3.0 - Linux Kernel Newbies|website=kernelnewbies.org}}</ref> For previous versions of the kernel, one has to manually take out the firmware from Apple's driver through a specific program. This is because the Apple driver cannot be deployed inside a Linux distribution, the cause being legal issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleiSight?action=show&redirect=AppleiSight|title=MactelSupportTeam/AppleiSight - Community Help Wiki|website=help.ubuntu.com}}</ref> This lack of native support in the kernel for iSight persists on MacBook 2.1.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://h-node.org/notebooks/view/en/1463/MacBook-2-1|title=MacBook 2,1|publisher=h-node.org|access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
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