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I just tried to run the Basic ATOM Nano USB2Serial Adapter on linux(kubuntu 11.04). I did run into some problems, but at the end i did get it to work. I just post this in case someone wants to use it in linux as well.

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1. create the file '/etc/udev/rules.d/99-usbftdi.rules'(you need admin rights)
2. add this 2 lines to the file:

# load basicMicro usb2Serial
ATTRS{idVendor}=="0403", ATTRS{idProduct}=="a559", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -q ftdi_sio product=0xa559 vendor=0x0403"

3. update udev, write this lines to the commandline:
> sudo restart udev
> sudo udevadm trigger
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now you should see the serial adapter in /dev, as ttyUSB(n).

Just letting everyone know this is a safe hack. The only difference between the FTDI and Basicmicro comport drivers is the device PID. So all you have to do to use the USB2Serial adapter is to change the PID in the FTDI driver for Linux, which is what he's done above.

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