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Hardware

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UK-specific Hardware Information (for more general information see HardwareSupport).

Please include where and when you bought a particular piece of hardware, and if you know how to do it, include lsusb or lspci -n information for USB and PCI devices. If you're experimenting with something share your ideas at [:UKTeam/HardwareExperiments].

Products that DO work

OGG-compatible Devices

[http://www.samsung.com/uk/products/digitalaudioplayer/harddrive/yh_j70sbxeu.asp Samsung YH-J70]

iRiver IHP-100 Series (iHP-120 and iHP-140) - now known as H100 seires.

Webcams

The PC Line W310 is available for [http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/Accessories/Web+Cameras/Wired+Web+Cameras/PC+LINE/W310/768791 £10 from PC World] and works out of the box with Ubuntu Dapper Drake 6.06 LTS (using the spca5xx kernel module). This camera is also branded as the Mustek WCAM 300A. A cheap way to try Ekiga!

Philips PCVC740K "Toucam" webcam works well out of the box on ubuntu using the pwc driver

Wireless Networking

Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11a/b/g)

[http://www.tp-link.com/products/product_des.asp?id=38 TL-WN510G - TP-Link Wireless PCMCIA 54M 802.11g] available on [http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?satitle=tp-link+wi-fi eBay.co.uk]. Cheap and cheerful, but works with Dapper straight out of the box.

All Wireless/Wired ADSL Networking Routers will work with Ubuntu as long as you have a compatible network card/ wireless network card. You need to ensure that they have an internal Adsl modem. If you are using Cable Broadband(or Homechoice) you need only purchase a standard Ethernet router. In the case of Homechoice, they can provide you a Netgear wireless router which is compatible with ubuntu. Examples of Wireless Networking routers that work with UK ADSL lines include Wanadoo livebox, Netgear DG 834G.

Bluetooth

The Belkin Bluetooth 33ft/100m USB adapter F8T012UK ([http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/103830 £20.30 from Ebuyer]) works out of the box and is identified (with lsusb) by vendor/device IDs 0a5c:200a.

GlennjiMason asks: do all bluetooth devices "just work"? dmesg shows only Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9 for the above device, which seems generic rather than device specific.

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