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[Derek Broughton]

Michael T. Richter wrote:

> On Mon, 2006-01-05 at 10:53 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> > You do realise, of course, that the reverse happens as well?  I still
>> > haven't got Bluetooth working worth a damn under Ubuntu.
> 
>> Of course it happens.  My prime rule when buying hardware is to _never_
>> buy anything that I don't already have explicit instructions from
>> somewhere for
>> enabling under the Linux distro I'm using at the time.  You'd have the
>> same problem with Windows if it wasn't for the fact that _all_ the
>> hardware that isn't Mac specific was designed to run on Windows.
> 
> Point me to explicit instructions that makes any Bluetooth device work
> under Ubuntu.  (Not Kubuntu.)  

Well, I use Kubuntu.  I _did_ find instructions somewhere for Kubuntu,
bluetooth and a Motorola V551 that I was considering.  
-- 
derek