Attempt to buy a Linux-compatible Bluetooth dongle

[Hetz Ben Hamo]

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 <w1 at 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
>
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