We are looking for suitable hardware for data acquisition via barcode in a production batches for prosecution. The scanner is suitable industry and does the job without complaint. Unclear, however, was a possible use of a Linux-based netbook. According to today's test, the positive news is that it works with the default settings of Ubuntu and the scanner to a new Acer AO D270.
Since it is very hard to find a cheap scanner, which is recognized under Linux as keyboard, we have just tested it.
