On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:24, Nick Rout wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:13:26 +1300 > > Yuri de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you have a linux laptop with usb, bring it with > > you when you go camera shopping. Plug the camera in, > > boot linux and if it shows up as a usb mass storage > > drive then make note of the model. > > or note the vendor & product id, get on the net and look at the database, > thats what it is there for.
Does the hardware database tell you whether it works out of the box or whether you have to download, untar, make config, pray etc to make it work? They only way to know if a usb toy/vital tool works with _this_ laptop with _this_ distro/configuration is to try it. Yuri -- This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
