> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-usb-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-usb- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Stern > Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 11:16 AM > To: Leslie Rhorer > Cc: 'USB list' > Subject: Re: Low Profile PCI card > > On Sun, 17 Jan 2010, Leslie Rhorer wrote: > > > I have a Dell Optiplex 260 low profile PC running Debian "Lenny" to > > which I would like to add some USB 2.0 ports. It is a low profile PC, > so it > > requires low profile expansion cards. Does anyone have any good > > recommendations? There are a lot of these cards around, but of course > most > > don't "support" Linux. > > As far as I know, _every_ PCI USB card should be compatible with Linux. That's what I would expect, although one never knows. Certainly if the card has some non-standard features, then a driver might be required to make use of them, but I'm certainly not looking to make use o any non-standard features. > > > StarTech makes the PEXUSB4DP, but it is quite > > expensive. Koutech also makes one (KW-L2580E) that purports to be Linux > > compatible and is much less expensive, but I know nothing of the brand > or > > its quality. IS anyone familiar with either of these, or another > reliable > > low profile USB PCI card? > > Not me. Of course Linux compatibility is a given, but reliability is also a must. Like anyone else, I would like to spend as little as possible on the project, and low profile cards can be had for as little as $10. Spending $10 on a card that isn't reliable vs. $35 on a card that is doesn't represent any savings, though. OTOH, spending the extra $25 doesn't guarantee one will obtain the more reliable card, unfortunately. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
