Kodak DC240. Inexpensive, great pictures, well supported on linux.
I use them in training presentations all the time.
Use usb and gphoto, outperforms downloads using windows on same box.
Stock Mandrake 7.2 install.
Make sure you have usb on in bios.
Turn on the usb service at boot time.
Edit modules.conf with:
alias usb-interface usb-uhci
post-install usb-uhci modprobe dc2xx
This will start them at boot time.
if you don't want to reboot, do above for next boot.
don't know if usb is running? Open terminal(console)
as root
service usb status
if not running start it.
service usb start
modprobe usb-interface
modeprobe dc2xx
chmod 666 /dev/usb/dc2*
This sets the permissions so users other than root have access to the device.
Plug the camera in fire up gphoto.
configure->select port-camera model
Choose kodak dc240 from drop down box
port other add
/dev/usb/dc24xx0
and go to town.
Depending on your usb port and which jack the cable is plugged into it could
/dev/usb/dc24xx1 and so on. I know you didn't ask for set up instructions,
but I wanted you to see with this camera it took 10 minutes of work to get it
going. Hours of research, minutes of work :)
http://www.linux-usb.org
Will give all you ever wanted to know about what usb devices work with linux
