Linux webcams for dummies

[Carlos M. Gutierrez]

> Sounds like you'd want some software that also had movement detection,
> that could automate that without you having to figure out whenabouts you
> might have to change the capture rate.
>
> I'm interested in this sort of thing, too.  I've not found anything that
> would work with my system to capture images at will, even though my
> webcam does actually work with things like Ekiga.

Look into ZoneMinder:

http://www.zoneminder.com/