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whole guide about using some gphoto software, yet not a single link in article

btw it's only for Linux, so don't even bother reading the linked web, if you are in windows

http://www.gphoto.org/

Correct title:

How to use your DSLR from 2008 as a webcam IN LINUX in 2022 (NixOS)

I wished people would not omiss such important information in title when writing articles or linking them wasting everyone's time including server traffic

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NixOS is Linux

Which may someday replace Arch in the saying that Arch people never forget to mention they are using Arch :-).

Throughout the article, they use NixOS specific features.

You can't really follow this in Arch without installing Nix and changing some parts of the instructions.

Yes but those are fairly straightforward commands that are not really relevant (the post is about using v4l2 and gphoto).

How am I supposed to know that? I assumed it's some special custom firmware/OS for Nikon cameras before opening the link.

You way overestimate popularity and general knowledge of some rare Linux distros even among IT guys.

The package is obtained via your package manager, so you do not need to use your web browser to get it.

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