Went hunting for a USB Bluetooth adapter at Computer Plaza today. I spotted four or five of them, mostly no-name-brands.
I'm a total newbie about Bluetooth in Linux, so I asked whether the devices had Linux support. I had very low expectations of these people. I know the stock answer is No, presumably because they don't know and they don't want to deal with people returning unsupported items. At "Far East", usually my favorite store, three people told me their dongle wouldn't work with Linux. I kept asking if _they_ had an Internet connection, and finally they let me google the Brand/Model. Didn't find anything quickly, so I gave up. Twenty shops later, a salesman at "Fujisoft" invited me to use their PC, to google their Targus dongle. Bingo. I've got it running now with Ubuntu 7.10 (plug-and-play), and I'm picking up my neighbor's phone. The real reason for buying this gadget is a story for another time.
