http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 12th 2009 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
Darn I guess Apple devices are out!

Zing!]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/They already have one "real" device: USB 3 to SATA. It was demoed with Fresco Logic's host:
http://www.digitimes.com/photogallery/ShowPhoto.asp?ID=3893&pg=1]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=5895]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
Pics or it doesn't exist. :)

*As a 67% Linux user, 33% Mac user at home, I welcome more drivers and being able to use newer devices.]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
Some of my first programming teachers (x86 assembler, language theory and C++) were also women.

Do NOT underestimate feminine power.]]>Jun 11th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
woosh!]]>Jun 11th 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
You're right, she's better.]]>Jun 11th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
Now if only certain hardware vendors *cough* graphics *cough* wireless, would catch onto this...]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/amd jumped on that bus and s3 too...
the only one left is nvidia, but they provide good closed source drivers...]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
As for the USB 3.0, I'm will get excited when we start getting flash devices that are capable of more that 20MB/s transfer speeds and can really make use of the extra transfer speeds.]]>Jun 11th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
e.g. Ubuntu properly recognizes my two sounds cards and USB loudspeakers, yet switching between them essentially doesn't work. Needless to mention that making Flash or movie player to produce sound on proper output is one big bag of pain.]]>Jun 11th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
So they can't just completely release the source code or specification. Still, one would think they could at least open up some of the code, lowering their cost of software development, while at the same time increasing their market potential and driver quality.

As a Linux user, it's frustrating, to say the least.]]>Jun 11th 2009 1:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/It's for this reason that I still give cudos to companies like nVidia, who haven't officially released their specs, but take the time to make nice closed-source drivers (that eventually get used to create better reverse-engineered community drivers).]]>Jun 11th 2009 1:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
Sarah Sharp must be a pen name for a middle-aged guy working out of his parents basement]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://opensourcebridge.org/users/51

I think that's Sarah Sharp! Doesn't look much like a middle-aged guy. Maybe girls DO exist on the internet.]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://opensourcebridge.org/users/51]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 13th 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/And I'm not a linux fanboy, so it could have benn worse for you pal :)]]>Jun 11th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/do not confuse UNIX with Linux.
They are not the same.
Nor is UNIX the same as BSD, solaris, etc

They might be derivatives of UNIX, but they are not UNIX and are not running the world.

Most implementations of Linux are used either on web/mail servers or on embedded devices.

if its big iron, it's running UNIX, which is what you are describing.

And yes, I'm a linux user.
]]>Jun 11th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Here's an example :) http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5714800202.html

We're not talking about ubuntu or fedora, of course :)]]>Jun 11th 2009 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
Yeah, UNIX is not the same as Solaris (BSD is a derivative version of UNIX, but not registered with the Open Group, the license/trademark holder for UNIX) the same way Linux is not the same as Ubuntu, Red Hat, Mandriva, or SuSE.

Lay down the USB crackpipe, and back away from the keyboard...

http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/]]>Jun 11th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/
I obviously don't have enough cash to upgrade once I've bought my new system, so should I wait, or can we get PCI-x adapter for this (or will the transfer rate/bandwidth be too slow)?

It'll make a huge difference for me as I'm planning to buy an external 1tb (or so) HDD to take from home and uni.

Thanks!
]]>Jun 11th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/As for a 1TB drive just make sure that it's got E-Sata n your new PC has E-sata n you'll be running it as fast as an internal drive.]]>Jun 11th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/11/linux-gets-first-driver-for-usb-3-0/Jun 11th 2009 6:47PM