Universal Serial Bus - USB

Linux Compatibility Check

You should get information about the USB controller with cat /proc/pci and about USB devices with cat /proc/bus/usb/devices.

Miscellaneous

Newer laptops come equipped with the Universal Serial Bus (USB). The following USB devices are available, not all of them are fully supported by Linux yet: keyboard mouse printer tablet camera cpia webcam MP3 player modem wireless audio jukebox scanner storage (hard drive, memory stick) floppydrive ZIP Super Disk - LS 120 compact flash reader CD BlueTooth ethernet serial joystick USB Host-to-Host Cable hub .

Visit the USB Linux home page. Also I have set up a page collecting information about laptops and USB at MobiliX - Mobile Hardware Survey .