Software to use webcam as camera [duplicate]

Solution 1:

As your goal is to take pictures of your desk, I'd suggest to install cheese

Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t) and type:

sudo apt-get install cheese

Then start it with just cheese from the same terminal or from the Dash:

Solution 2:

Another nice alternative to cheese: GTK UCV Video Viewer

Install it using sudo apt-get install guvcview

Solution 3:

May I assume you wish to be able to take a still photo with your webcam? If so, I recommend cheese. It is available in the Ubuntu repositories:

sudo apt-get install cheese

After you start it, there is an option to take a photo, photos in a burst or videos.