Digi-Cams and Linux

[Shadoglare]

OK guys I'll admit I don't know a thing about digital cameras, even with Winblowz, but I'm starting to realize it would be a real handy thing to have for my biz.
Can anyone tell me if there is a way to tell if a cam is compatible with linux? Is there a resource page about this or something like that out there?
I'm starting to see some REAL good prices on cams (as in <$100 for not-bad looking ones even) but I don't want to order something I'm going to end up not being able to use once I make the move to all-linux.

[posterboy]

Get involved with a project named gphoto2 on sourceforge. They are building gphoto and gtkam, along with it. Gphoto2 supports a LOT of cameras, and more every day. I use gtkam at least weekly, and it works just great.

[jaygee432]

try gphoto (http://www.gphoto.org)

[nerrollus]

Cool, maybe now I can use my my LPT camera that I bought for windows, but isn't supported by anything above 98. Stupid M$..

[Malakin]

I use a sony dsc-p1 and it's been working fine with a bunch of different kernels I've been using in the last 10 months. Just need to compile in usb mass storage support and scsi disk support, then it's mounted on /dev/sda1 using vfat. I don't see the point in gphoto. For photo manipulation I use the gimp (obviously) and for thumbnail viewing I use compupic (gqview is also ok).

Pick the camera you want, and then make sure people are successfully using it with linux. There are a bunch of really good review sites, www.steves-digicams.com (http://www.steves-digicams.com) is one.