[olug] Linux Compatible Hardware

Eric P eric.maillist at gmail.com
Fri Jan 2 18:39:04 UTC 2009


T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> My mother is looking for a webcam.  She is running openSUSE 11.1 and
> I'd like to find something that works well in Linux.  Her preference
> is that it is pink.  An integrated webcam/mic would be even better.
> 
> My wife just bought a Blackjack II.  The driver won't install properly
> in Windows, and Linux isn't recognizing it.  She wants to get data to
> and from the phone, so suddenly she wants a computer in the house to
> have bluetooth.  Looking on Newegg for a bluetooth PCI card isn't
> really turning up much.  Can someone recommend a PCI card for my
> desktop that will add bluetooth capabilities, and will run in Linux?
> 

I run Ubuntu variants, so I usually check here before purchasing any new hardware.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport

I'm sure other distros have similar lists.

Eric



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