Ok, this time for sure. A year ago I posted about how I want to build a photo booth, and I think it's time to actually build it.

(Well actually, first I mailed the Photoboof guy saying "hey I want to give you money" but he ignored me. Oh well.)

Anyway, I see three possible approaches:

1. Use a Mac Mini.
   Pro: Hardware and software are trivially easy.
   Con: Costs at least $600.
   Con: Will last four months, due to heat and dust... and then cost another $600.

2. Linux netboot, with a video webcam of some kind, grabbing stills.
   Pro: Costs around $200.
   Pro: Can show live video before taking picture.
   Con: Software will be a monumental pain in the ass.
   Con: Firing a flash is a bit more work.

3. Linux netboot, with a real digital photo camera plugged into USB, with "take a picture" under computer control.
   Pro: Costs around $200.
   Pro: Higher quality images.
   Con: Software will be a monumental pain in the ass.
   Con: No live video.

So my question for you, dear Lazyweb, is this: do any of these conditions apply to you?

1. You are running a recent-ish Fedora; and
2. You have a USB webcam on it that takes reasonable pictures.

Or,

1. You are running a recent-ish Fedora; and
2. You have a cheap-ish digital photo camera; and
3. You are able to tell that camera to take and return a picture via USB (perhaps with an incantation like:
   gphoto --capture-image; gphoto --get-all-files)

If so, tell me all about it: what model camera, what software, what resolution, how crappy is it in low light. No rumors or third-hand anecdotes, please.

Update, 2 days later: Wow, none of you have webcams on Fedora?