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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

Personal Audio/Video Entertainment Devices - OGG compatible

[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.

Examples of Wireless Networking routers that work with UK ADSL lines include Wanadoo livebox and Netgear DG 834G.

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.

An example of a Wireless/Wired Network router thats works with UK cable Broadband is the Sweex LW140.

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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