Kinivo USB Bluetooth Adapter for PC (BT5.0, Plug & Play Wireless Dongle Receiver for Ubuntu, Windows 11/10/8.1) – Works with Laptops, Headsets, Speakers, Mouse, Keyboard, Printers, Gaming Controllers

100% Plug and Play on Kubuntu 24.04, starts working immediately. Works great with the Blueman Bluetooth Manager which is an application available within Linux Ubuntu / Kubuntu. Recommended.

works well with Linux Mint 22.2 on old(mabye 10 year old) Dell laptop (doesn't have bluetooth built in). I had past problems finding a BT USB dongle that will work with this hardware, this one works well and is tiny so doesn't stick out(I've broken off large USB thumbs before). Only issue is it only connects after Mint boots up which can take several minutes, manually connecting is faster, works fine after Mint is stable. Range seems normal (about 30ft. very happy

Plug and play on Nobara

It worked great on the latest version of Ubuntu Linux. Went to Settings | Bluetooth and paired my headphones. Sounds better than when I was using the cable with the same headphones.

Did not help me sorry 😞

Works great on Debian 13 Linux. When I first plugged it in, Debian kde didn't recognize it. lsusb shows realtek bluetooth radio. So I installed the firmware-realtek package and rebooted. It then works like a charm.

Was certainly not plug and play. Then I tried fiddling with the Linux terminal and the suggested commands. Then from other research I installed Linux Bluez. Partial success in recognizing other BT devices, but not my ear buds (two different brands). So back it went. Too good to be true (price wise), and so it was.

I have an old Dell laptop that had the hard-drive crash, wiping out the operating system. I had a solid state hard drive and operating system installed by a friend, but then for reasons unknown Bluetooth no longer worked. This Bluetooth dongle worked with no fuss by just plugging into a USB port. I gave this 4 stars because despite the seller claiming "Latest Bluetooth specification", the BT 5.0 implemented on this dongle is far from the latest BT standard. If you just want to listen to music on some headphones, like I do, then you'll never notice the older BT 5.0 standard, but I believe in "truth in advertising".

working great off the box on my ubuntu linux

This Bluetooth Adapter was immediately detected on my Linux systems that did not have internal Bluetooth. Works perfectly with peripherals. I like it.

Works also in Linux (mostly) but the logs show errors and here and there loses connectivity. I switched back to a StarTech BT 5 dongle - perfect, no errors.

works o.k. Could have better software. Which just connects without having keep clicking notifications

I bought this specifically on account of the advertised support for Linux. I'm running Linux Mint 22.2 x86-64 with kernel 6.8.0, so it should "just work". At best, I could sporadically see nearby Bluetooth devices, but never succeeded in connecting to them. I next tested the adaptor by plugging it into a Windows 11 laptop - where it instantly worked perfectly. Sent back, as I need reliable Linux support.