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Re: [LUG] Keyboard extras and Linux

 

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> Anyway, looking at the various reviews etc I notice that there is often talk
> of getting some of the buttons to provide some shortcuts. When I look at the
> photos I see several extra keys at the top of some of them.
>
> It seems that most of them will just work as a normal keyboard on Linux very
> easily. However I am wondering about these extras that are mentioned. Can I
> assume that these will work in Windows but not in Linux? Any software
> provided on a CD will be Windows only, right?

The latter is almost certainly going to be the case.

I suppose it depends on what keys you are talking about and possibly
about the type of keyboard too. However, I've got a Microsoft keyboard
and I've been able to use the media player shortcuts in Amarok.
They're less likely to work by default though, but Amarok let me set
my own shortcuts.

If unsure, do an Internet search about the specific keyboard and see
if it's compatible with Linux.

Martijn.

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