Still - so far I haven't heard that it works with Linux so I'm not
sure it's an option, unless I manage to test it successfully in the
shop somehow (my own company issued laptop's display died this week so
I'll have to buy a new one before I can do that).
It will work with Linux for certain values of "Linux".
That means that certain distros and certain kernel versions will have
the right bits and pieces so that you can, in most cases, cobble
together a working device and a working driver. If you're tied into a
specific Linux distro then you're probably stuffed.
Having said that I got mine working OK with CentOS 5.4 when it
absolutely refused to play with CentOS 5.2. I've had it working briefly
with Ubuntu 9.10 with the kernel that came with the distro just to try
it out, it failed again once I did a kernel upgrade, then I switched
back to the gateway because I need something that works all of the time
(and in particular, I need something low power that will allow the VoIP
phone to connect and my android phone to get wifi when the laptop is
switched off).
I tried about 4 different versions and models of the device, including 2
different objects that had the same model number and appeared to have
the same chipset, albeit probably different internal firmware, and could
only be differentiated by the serial numbers -- one failed to work at
all under any version of Linux, one worked fine on all versions with no
problems. Some of the different models worked on some kernels and not
others, and vice-versa.
Your kilometerage may vary a whole lot. In nautical terms that's called
cross-track error (XTE).
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