Phoronix posted a new article today about Roccat, a hardware manufacturer based in Germany that specializes in gaming peripherals, pushing to get some of their new keyboard device drivers into the Linux kernel. Unlike other manufacturers such as Logitech, Roccat actually actively supports their products on Linux. Not only that, but instead of depending on blobs they have gone the clear and pure way of having all their Linux drivers and utilities fully free software. :cool:

[http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTg3NA](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTg3NA)

Because of this, I have been looking for a good North American supplier, even though at the moment I am more than happy using a standard mouse and keyboard. Unfortunately, for the longest time the only way to purchase one of these devices appeared to be through a reseller importing them from the United Kingdom. But recently, the service where I purchase my graphics hardware from, NCIX, is now selling Roccat devices!

[http://www.ncix.ca/search/?categoryid=0&q=Roccat](http://www.ncix.ca/search/?categoryid=0&q=Roccat)

And based on the price these are not imports. So if I wanted to spring for a new keyboard or mouse, I could actually get one with more advanced functionality and actually expect it to work on Linux. Though at the moment if I were to get a new peice of dedicated gaming hardware, it would be a gamepad so I could play co-op with my Humble FrozenByte Bundle games, in which case a Logitech would do fine. :)