Kind of OT - camera/ software to run a long term timelapse camera

[Steve Williams]

Hi,

I have an OpenBSD server (APC) that runs 7x24 hosting my email, 
webserver, etc.

As the season changes to winter, I thought of setting up a camera to do 
some timelapse photography out of the window pointing at the mountains.

I am kind of lost in the huge variety of options...  IP connected 
security camera, webcam... and whether to do the timelapse in the 
camera, or to have that controlled on the server... (taking a photo 
every x minutes and saving it on the OpenBSD server).

I was trying to avoid having the images stored on an SD card in the 
camera as then physical access would be required to periodically extract 
the images / movie.

If it's a USB camera, it would need to be supported by OpenBSD.  But 
there are IP cameras, some which require drivers, some don't.  It's a 
crazy complex world.

Does anyone have recommendations to accomplish this?  It's just a hobby 
so I don't want to spend a huge amount of money on it.

Thanks,
Steve Williams