nRF BLE sniffer on Linux

[sidekick]

Are there any plans to distribute nRF smart sniffer for Linux host or are there some work arounds. I've recently migrated my development environment from Windows+KEIL uVision to Linux and GNU Toolchain (Many thanks to this forum and some random piece of information in public domain) and everything works like a breeze.

According to the software requirements mentioned in the nRF Sniffer User guide, I would need Windows 7, but sorry I don't want to throw my money at M$.

I wonder why the hardware vendors assume that the world runs on Windows. I've faced similar problems with other hardware kit from other vendors as well in past. I think if the hardware vendors start assuming FOSS ecosystem for development, testing etc, the adoption would be far greater.

[sidekick]

Thank you so much. I'll be probably joining the Nordic 52 Global Tour seminar in Helsinki and I'll definitely raise my concern of step son treatment of FOSS by Nordic Semiconductor. I like Nordic product and I've been very vocal about it in my organization whenever there has been a debate over choosing something else over Nordic, and I'll be very happy if Nordic shows genuine interest and investment in FOSS ecosystem.