Most usb devices will be recognized. The reason why mine is not recognized is
that it was made to work with Media Player and is Windows specific. The Linux
kernel does not work with it so the host machine does not enable it. Windows can
enable it, but it appears not to be there because it does not exist on the host.

I also have a couple of usb webcams and a scanner that won't work in Linux. The
webcams are no names and old. The scanner is an advanced HP scanner, but it is
not in the list of the scanners supported by Linux and it has never worked in
any distro that I have used. I have a cheap Canon scanner that works, though. I
have never had a printer or usb storage device not work.

Device recognition is handled by the kernel. The next kernel is supposed to
include more devices than ever and open source developers are working hard to
write drivers by reverse engineering with little or no help from OEMs. I don't
want it to appear that I am complaining. I just accept that it is part of the
reality of working in open source until such time as OEMs get onside. That is
beginning to change with more OEMs releasing drivers for Linux. Some
manufacturers are better than others.