My card reader looks pretty similar (including the curves and lights
) Its very small and lights. Its as big as about 6-7 credit cards kept together on top of each other.
It gets recognised in Mandrake 10.1 and PCQLinux 2005 (based on Fedora Core 3) without any problem.
It gets recognised in WinXP too, but Win98 was a problem. The accompanying CD didn't carry the right drivers. Then after some struggle, I got hold of 4 files on net that makes it work well in Win98
I have saved them safely. So if anyone needs it, contact me. Files are pretty small. I can even email them.