[TriLUG] RF remote clickers

Chander Ganesan chander at otg-nc.com
Sun Oct 8 18:20:49 EDT 2006


Ian Kilgore wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 12:16:00PM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote:
>   
>> I'd like to get one of those remote control things for my laptop that lets 
>> me click through presentation slides without being at the computer. The 
>> laptop, of course, runs linux only, though, so I need one that works w/ 
>> Linux. Any recommendations?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu - http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
>> Assistant Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
>> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
>> New Book: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/178592.ctl
>>
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> Get a usb one that pretends it's a wireless mouse, and just sends mouse
> clicks to the OS.
>   
I use a "Think Outside" Stowaway Bluetooth mouse for this very 
purpose...  The scroll wheel works great for going back and forth 
through slides quickly...although you could use the r/l mouse buttons.

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Chander Ganesan
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