This cable works well in Linux and should work well in most any modern OS. The manufacturer provides drivers for Linux, Mac and Windows on the included mini CD and on their web site. In Linux at least, the driver is included in any kernel above 2.6.9, so no driver should need to be installed. You just plug the cable into a USB port and the system will detect it as a pl2303 device and attach it to /dev/ttyUSB0. Dmesg reports:[60253.000715] usb 4-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd[60253.086957] usb 4-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303[60253.086962] usb 4-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0[60253.086965] usb 4-1.3: Product: USB-Serial Controller D[60253.086967] usb 4-1.3: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.[60253.087312] pl2303 4-1.3:1.0: pl2303 converter detected[60253.089056] usb 4-1.3: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0I used this to back up a 21-year old Casio SF-4300B digital diary on a computer without a serial port, using the XLink/Win program in Wine. When using this cable in Wine, you have to link the Linux device to the Windows serial port COM1, with the command "ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1" as regular user, as mentioned at [...]. Then, any Windows software that runs in Wine should be able to access your serial device. I don't currently know of any native Linux software than can back up these Casio diaries.The 13 inches of cable in this converter were practical with the Traveling Software serial cable I used it with.