[Gllug] OT: Digital camera recommendations

[will]

Vary OT, but I think several people on this list know about this sort of 
thing.

My trusty[0] Canon IXUS 400 has given up the ghost and is winging it's 
way to silicon heaven (not it's fault, some clumsy muppet dropped it on 
concrete...).

So I need to get a new digital camera, and I know very little about 
them!  Can anyone here recommend one?

I have been tempted by a digital SLR that outputs images in RAW format, 
because from what I have read this will allow me to get better quality 
images, however I know very little about photography (at the moment).

The features I need are things like:

Set the white balance manually
Set ISO speed manually
Minimum 4 MP
Macro mode
Continuous shoot
Descent battery life
Preferably Linux compatible (no windows machine at home)

Any recommendations/success?  The Canon EOS 350D[1] is the sort of thing 
I was looking at, although I probably won't be able to spend that much 
money ;)  Max budget is probably £400

Thanks,
Will.



[0] mostly, http://smallr.com/1j4 (work safe, willj.net)
[1] http://smallr.com/1j5 (work safe, amazon.co.uk)
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