[Cialug] Keyboard Recommendations

[David Champion]

Most of the modern linux distros I've used lately just automatically work
with multi-media keyboards - my Lenovo desktop keyboard, the Logitech
wireless, and the volume buttons on my Dell laptop are all functional.

-dc

On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>wrote:

> Good point.  I was referring to the software that comes with the keyboard,
> but yes, you should be able to re-map keys in that manner.
>
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley <
> daniel.ramaley at drake.edu> wrote:
>
>> On 2011-03-03 at 16:57:32, Tim Wilson wrote:
>> >A bit pricey, $80-$140.  It says Windows, so you probably would not
>> >get the ability to program the keys.  But I would think the rest of
>> >the keyboard would work under Linux.
>>
>> You should be able to program keys for any keyboard. Use "xev" to get
>> the scancodes, and then teach your window manager what to do with them.
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