I have used at least two of those devices on that MemX page with my Linux laptop. These days I just use one of the dinovo minis with the on-board Bluetooth adapter on my Dell.
http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/PID-MX20174(ME).aspx On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Dafydd Crosby <dcro...@userful.com> wrote: > On 03/28/2011 02:43 PM, Mark Carlson wrote: >> >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Richard Carter<carter.r....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Folks >>> >>> I have attended several presentations when the presenter used a remote >>> device to move to the next slide. The laptop ore netbook being used >>> was running Windows. Is it possible to do this with a netbook >>> running kubuntu? I guess some extra hardware might be required as >>> well as some extra software. Has anyone done this? >>> >>> Robin >> >> The hardware normally shows up like a mouse, and in my experience, >> this works just fine on Linux. >> >> Example hardware: >> >> http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/Computers%28ME%29/ComputerPeripherals%28ME%29/Mouse%28ME%29/Mouse_Pointers%28ME%29/Default.aspx?cc=1 >> >> -Mark C. > > You can also use just a wireless mouse if you tape over the laser before > presentation. > > -Dafydd > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
