[geeks] fax from Solaris and/or Linux?

[Andrew Jones]

On 12/16/2013 09:44 AM, microcode at zoho.com wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 04:21:48AM -0500, Mouse wrote:
>
> Thanks, Mouse. I don't know what POTS is and any serial port I have is
> already plugged into a SPARC box. I figure somebody on the list has a setup
> with semi-current hardware and knows which USB modem devices "just work"
> with Linux or Solaris. I don't want to get too experimental with this.
>

Mouse was doing it right.  If you really want a modem that "just works" 
under linux, you want something that speaks RS-232 to the host.

The good news is that most USB<=>RS-232 gadgets work fine under linux.