CLI Magic: Getting into Motion (Linux.com) [LWN.net]

Linux.com shows how to keep an eye on your home or office with an old webcam, a Linux box and Motion. "Linux recognizes that the camera has been connected, but you still need to install some drivers. Although this is not difficult, this is the part that can put people off. The drivers aren't hard to install, but you need the kernel source in place before you can compile the drivers. This can be a bit daunting if you haven't compiled drivers before. You'll need to check with your own distribution, but I'll show you how to do it with Debian to give you an idea of how easy it is."

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"Just works" with Ubuntu

Posted Feb 28, 2006 8:04 UTC (Tue) by davidw (subscriber, #947) [Link]

I saw that they had an old USB webcam sitting around the office where I work, and out of curiousity, plugged it into my Ubuntu system. It worked fine, right out of the box! I was impressed:-)