[TriLUG] USB -> serial dongle that works with Linux?

[Greg Brown]

Looks like Emperor Linux sells a USB to serial adapter that will work:

http://www.emperorlinux.com/accessories/?vdir=serial&scrollid=44#44

so question number two:

Debian or Ubuntu?

On 5/11/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does anyone know of such a beast?  I have seen one, years ago, in the
> possession of someone at Oculan (Bill V. perhaps?).  Whoever had it the
> device worked with OS X and other USB to 9 pin adapters did not.  I do A LOT
> of Cisco work and as such I need to be able to connect my soon-to-be-mine
> Linux laptop to said routers.
>
> I'm thinking of ordering a Emperor Linux Kiwi, a very small laptop made by
> Sony.
>
> http://www.emperorlinux.com/systems/small/kiwi/
>
> I have a choice of many flavors of Linux and I'm leaning towards Debian or
> Ubuntu.  I install extra packages (nmap, wireless tools, etc) so I lean more
> towards Debian just for the unfettered apt-get environment but Ubuntu is, of
> course, Ubuntu and people seem to love it.  I haven't used it in a while but
> when I did it seemed to work well.  One thing I really love about Debian is
> the fairly automated upgrade process between releases.  Does Ubuntu upgrade
> in the same way?
>
> Debian or Ubuntu: which would you select?
>