Truely Wireless Keyboard / Mouse
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Truely Wireless Keyboard / Mouse
Has anyone seen a bluetooth keyboard and mouse where the receiver doesn't have a long wire coming from it? I'm trying to limit the amount of wires running from the back of my comp - I figured someone made a little plugin for the ps/2 connections with bluetooth.
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Mice are Mice... PS/2 will work the same as any other and just about all USB mice should work on /dev/input/mice, which Ubuntu should set up for you. Sometimes you'll need to set ZAxisMapping "4 5" in xorg.conf too in order to get the scroll wheel to work. Basically... it should workTodd_Z wrote:Its going to basically be used simply for 1337 H4X0R1N6.... i leave my gaming to the consoles - looks like that micro$oft keyb/mouse will do the trick - thanks for the lead
Running ubuntu won't be an issue with compatibility... right?
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That's quite a listnickman013 wrote:what games do you play, feyd?
Here's the short version:
- Half-Life 2 (PC)
- Half-Life: Source (PC)
- Counterstrike: Source (PC)
- Doom 3 (PC)
- Dungeon Siege 1 and 2 (PC)
- Age of Empires 1, 2, and 3 (PC)
- Final Fantasy....pretty much every one except XI (SNES/PSX/PS2/PC/NGC)
- Metroid Prime (NGC)
- Legend of Zelda .. most of them (NES/SNES/N64/NGC)
- Parasite Eve (PSX)
- Vagrant Story (PSX)
- Ratchet and Clank 1, 2, and 3 (PS2)
- Dark Cloud 1 and 2 (PS2)
- Grand Theft Auto 3..all versions (PS2)
- Devil May Cry 1 and 3 .. haven't bought 2 yet (PS2)
- Metal Gear Solid 1, 2, and 3 (PSX/PS2) .. even the original non-solid's!
- Gran Tourismo 1, 2, and 3..haven't bought 4 yet (PSX/PS2)
- Halo 1 and 2 (XB)
- Splinter Cell 1, 2 and 3 (XB)
- Onimusha 1 and 2 .. haven't bought 3 yet (PS2)
- Project Gotham Racing 1 and 2 .. haven't bought 3 yet (XB)
- Burnout 3 (XB)
Yes, I have an X360.
If you didn't know, in a previous life I was a professional game developer .. so I also work on cooking up new game things for kicks too.
For the new rig I'm building for work/school/play I chose a slightly less wireless setup: Microsoft's Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 mixed with a Logitech MX1000 Laser mouse. The keyboard isn't wireless, but is USB. My monitors have 4 USB ports each, so if absolutely necessary, I can be a good distance from the monitor with it. Not to mention, with all the crap I have that's USB now, I don't have to buy another hub for a few months anyways..
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lol, how did you manage to get xbox, you reserved it?
thats pretty cool that you were a game developer, did you take part in the development of a game on the market?
i used to play Team Fortress Classic, yeah CS replaced it. But I loved it, i play it once in a blue moon. I used to have my own server and stuff, that is pretty much how I got into making websites.
Also for for the keyboard, cant you get a internal BlueTooth card, and then just get a Bluetooth Keyboard?
thats pretty cool that you were a game developer, did you take part in the development of a game on the market?
i used to play Team Fortress Classic, yeah CS replaced it. But I loved it, i play it once in a blue moon. I used to have my own server and stuff, that is pretty much how I got into making websites.
Also for for the keyboard, cant you get a internal BlueTooth card, and then just get a Bluetooth Keyboard?
For FPS gaming, there isn't much that beats the Logitech G5 atm, purely because of the weight cartridge that comes with it, allowing you to put the COG where you want (within reason
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The cord literally is a cord aswell, so is more flexible than a conventional wire which makes a big difference.
On an IceMat and you are laughing
But then, I'm a very picky gamer.. still using a 7 year old keyboard because I can't find one with the right feel to it, though I'll be trying out the G15 soon..
The cord literally is a cord aswell, so is more flexible than a conventional wire which makes a big difference.
On an IceMat and you are laughing
But then, I'm a very picky gamer.. still using a 7 year old keyboard because I can't find one with the right feel to it, though I'll be trying out the G15 soon..
