Hi Omer, I think all of them will work. I bought mine which includes a mini disc with the drivers (no Linux drivers). I inserted the plug, and my Fedora machine recognized it without any issues.
So I think you can buy any of them. If I'm not mistaken, they all use the same chip. Hetz On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Omer Zak <w...@zak.co.il> wrote: > I visited a nearby computer shop, and asked which Bluetooth dongles do > they have, and whether they are compatible with Linux. > > They have four models, which are mostly difficult to identify (typically > made in China and with no clear model number): > - BT-USB-P Dynamode > - GPT USB04 > - HK-890/USB04B (Min. of Communications approval No. 5113614) > - One more model without anything which looks like a model number > > The boxes list compatibility with various MS-Windows operating systems, > emphasizing Vista-ready. One of them claims also compatiblity with Mac > OS X. None of them mentioned Linux compatibility. > > Of course, to find the USB ID of the dongles (the surefire way to check > Linux compatibility), one has to open the packages and insert the > dongles into a PC, one by one. Not exactly the idea which endears one > to the computer shop personnel. > > I then looked for the above putative model names in > http://www.bluetooth.org/tpg/listings.cfm and none of the above was > found. > > So I am asking the group for recent experiences in buying Bluetooth > dongles and trying to use them in Debian Lenny (or other distributions > using version 3.36-3 of bluez) - how safe is it nowadays to buy a > no-name brand of a Bluetooth dongle for use in a Linux system? > > Thanks, > --- Omer > > > -- > One does not make peace with enemies. One makes peace with former > enemies. > My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ > > My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. > They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which > I may be affiliated in any way. > WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il > -- Skepticism is the lazy person's default position. my blog (hebrew): http://benhamo.org
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