[nflug] Linux-friendly Bluetooth USB dongle?

[wpos2 at adelphia.net]

Friends:

I'm in the market for a Bluetooth USB dongle.  Here are my requirements:
1.	Bluetooth 2.0 standard
	(I don't want to obsolesce myself if I can pay a few bucks more)
2.	Brand name definitely preferred
	(I find a few more bucks makes a difference especially with 			wireless 
devices, and it's definitely worth it.)
3.	Must be Linux friendly
Can I be reasonably assured that pretty much any such device will play 
nice with the Penguin natively, or, as in the world of wireless PC 
cards, for instance, are there devices that will positively work, 
positively not work, and work with provided Windows drivers a la 
ndiswrapper?  (I would, of course, prefer the first of these.)

After that, two other issues.  I'm inclined to get Class 1 range.  I'm 
not as concerned about security as with range quality.  Is there any 
particular reason other than security, added expense, or reducing the 
range of unwanted Bluetooth devices (none of my neighbors, to the best 
of my knoweldge, even have any Bluetooth devices that would compete with 
my theoretical piconet) to go for Class 2?  Perhaps there are issues 
with interference from things like wireless phones and microwave ovens. 
  Also, what's the best place to look for one?  None of the local or 
Web-based retailers that I have checked out seem to even have these 
dongles (tho admittedly I haven't made too great an effort at that), and 
all Ebay seems to offer is no-name items shipped from lands far away.

I'm going to use this dongle to sync my cell phone address book and 
such, and want to be able to use the phone as a modem in case I need 
Internet access and there's no LAN to use.  I'd also like to experiment 
with Skype, tho not interested in using it as my land-line (LAN line?) 
phone service: I've heard that the quality is not that great, and I've 
been locked into Vonage for a year anyway.  (They did give me a 
BRAND-NAME wireless router after all.)  If I win the lottery, I may also 
want to get Bluetooth headphones.

As always, any insight is appreciated.
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