[svlug] Any recommendations for a USB-serial dongle which will work on Ubuntu?

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:19:06 -0800, Bill Bell wrote:

> Why not just install the required serial port?  Installing RS232 serial
>  port to USB serial port
> hardware workarounds is asking for weird bugs. IMO, it's better to use the
> hardware in the first place.
> 
>  http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=40000073&Description=serial+adapter&name=Add-On+Cards
> 
> 
>  http://tinyurl.com/2vk4ms
> 
>           Bill

I have done both, and you get far weirder bugs with the add-on cards. They
will even prevent a Dapper Drake LiveCD from booting at all.