I was a bit sceptic about how easy is to use an usb barcode reader (Motorola Symbol LS1203) but it was a pleasant surprise. Just plugged the reader in the usb port and was detected as a input device:

black kernel: [ 2273.692061] usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
black kernel: [ 2273.909811] usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
black kernel: [ 2273.922359] input: ?Symbol Technologies, Inc, 2002 Symbol Bar Code Scanner as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.2/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input11
black kernel: [ 2273.956226] input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [?Symbol Technologies, Inc, 2002 Symbol Bar Code Scanner] on usb-0000:00:1d.2-1

Nothing more to do, just point and scan. Who says linux is not yet for the enterprise?

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