[LAU] Good usb device

[Grammostola Rosea]

Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Grammostola Rosea hat gesagt: // Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>
>   
>> for a laptop with only usb support, a friend of mine is searching for a 
>> good supported usb device for linux... he was thinking about the Tascam 
>> US-122, good one? Other suggestions?
>>     
>
> Search here: http://qbik.ch/usb/devices/
>
> Generally almost all USB-1.1 devices work, only some older M-Audio
> stuff is hairy. 
>
> Some Tascams required a special driver: snd-usb-usx2y and special
> firmware, these are a bit trickier to setup, and you need to do it on
> every machine you want to run it on. It's up to your friend if he's
> willing to do that.
>
> Devices by Edirol and Terratec are some save alternatives without
> firmware hassles.
>
> Ciao
>   
Thanks very helpful