Bluetooth for Linux Released

Posted by Hemos on Saturday February 19, 2000 @11:00AM from the very-cool-stuff dept.

Bjorn Wesen writes, "A GPL'ed Bluetooth driver for Linux has been released by Axis Communications, supporting the current Bluetooth LAN-profile (PPP over Bluetooth). The download and mailing lists are at their developer site. This will become useful especially for embedded/mobile Linux devices - and to push Linux into the new technology before The Other OS. " Bluetooth has been getting a /huge/ amount of attention from the technical press, as well as the mainstream press. It looks to be one of the most promising standards for short-length wireless communication devices and drivers for Linux is a good thing to get this early in the game.

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Re:What the heck is a Bluetooth? by kijiki · 2000-02-19 06:46 · Score: 5

Its a short range 2.4Ghz frequency hopping networking protocol. Applications are pretty much: Everythign irda was supposed to do but sucked at + audio distribution (IE, your cell phone turns into a landline phone when you're near your computer) + tons of neat-o new stuff (your palmpilot can dial a number on your cell phone).

There is a reasonably good article about it in the latest Dr. Dobbs journal.