re: How to install bluetooth dongle(itech) [Boycott Broadcom]
Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by heh heh
(10 messages posted)
Hello,
If you are running win98FE, You may not be able
to get bluetooth to work. I have found that win98SE
has better support for bluetooth or wireless.
Linux does work pretty well too.
On Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 10:50 am, gewg_ wrote:
>||[...]bluetooth[...]bluesoleil[...]device[...]
>|| F3rRY
>
>|I have noticed a lot of these new fangled usb gizmo's don't work with Windows 98,
>|even if the manufacture claims to have drivers.
>| Steve
>
>It goes beyond that. People need to start doing their homework.
>The thing uses Broadcom chips and BROADCOM PROVIDES *LOUSY* SUPPORT.
>
>I was going to suggest booting to a Linux Live CD
>and seeing if the hardware was broken but I looked up which chipset it uses
>and, again, BROADCOM PROVIDES *LOUSY* SUPPORT--even under Linux
>(which has the best out-of-the-box hardware support of any OS).
>
>There's no excuse for (Broadcom's) driver suckiness (particularly under Linux):
>**Get your Linux device drivers written for free** by Greg Kroah-Hartman
>cache of http://lwn.net/Articles/276973
>
>JUST
>BOYCOTT BROADCOM--no matter what OS you run.
>
>
>It is worth noting that XP, Vista, & Linux each have an Approved Hardware List;
>Win9x never did
>--and bad habits[1] formed WRT M$ crap in the early years die hard. 8-(
>
>
>[1] ...like "Windoze-compatible" apps written so that they require root access
>--destroying any hope of a secure operating environment. 8-(
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