I have a Freecom dvb-t stick, not good but cheap. For some hours I was trying to make it work in Linux and finally I succeded. Of course the software shipped with the stick is only for Windows.

I managed to make it work under Ubuntu and Arch Linux, but I guess it must not be difficult to do it for other distro.

You need the proper firmware, for freecom stick you can download it from the attatched file, just unzip it and copy it to /lib/firmware/as root.

After that it should be working, now you need an application to use it. Some people like mplayer with some extra tools to scan and change channels.

But for me the easiest way is to use kaffeine, a great player. The only inconvenience is the dependence with some KDE libraries, so if you have not installed this desktop environment you will have to add the dependencies. To install it use your favourite package manager, it depends on the distro you use.

Finally you will be able to tune your dvb-t stick updating the channel list from the "DVB -> Channels" menu. Choose your country/city zone and it will scan all the available channels. Add them to your channel list and enjoy!