Thermaltake Keyboard and Mouse Combo & linux

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2 total messages Started by David. E. Goble Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:56

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Author: David. E. Goble
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:56

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Hi All;

I am planning on building a new system;

CASE-V1000C - THERMALTAKE Xaser III Steel Case Blue
Antec TruePower TrueControl 550W ATX PSU  
ABIT NF7-S v2.0  
Gigacube ATI 9800 128MB DDR  
Corsair 1024MB TWINX-3700 DDR 
AMD Athlon XP2500+ 

I have seen Thermaltake also make a keyboard and mouse combo
<http://www.pluscorp.biz/Product.asp?CategoryID=7&WebsiteID=2&ProdID=3046>

Are there any problems using this on a linux system? Are the special
keys able to be remapped? Any advice will be great.

Otherwise any recommendations on a keyboard and mouse to match the
case. Also any comments on the above system.

Re: Thermaltake Keyboard and Mouse Combo & linux

#219

Author: Dances With Crows
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:39

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["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.hardware.]
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 00:26:24 +1030, David E Goble staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
> I have seen Thermaltake also make a keyboard and mouse combo
> <http://www.pluscorp.biz/Product.asp?CategoryID=7&WebsiteID=2&ProdID=3046>

> Are there any problems using this on a linux system? Are the special
> keys able to be remapped?

The keyboard is a normal PS/2 keyboard and will behave as such in most
ways.  I don't know precisely what the scroll wheel/volume knob will
show up as, though.  You can make all the special function keys do all
kinds of things using xbindkeys and xmacroplay,
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search , search comp.os.linux.x
for "xbindkeys xmacroplay".

> Otherwise any recommendations on a keyboard and mouse to match the
> case.

This keyboard looks badly designed to me.  The Return key's too large,
the \ key's in the wrong place, the cursor keys aren't in the standard
"inverted T" pattern, and the Ins/Del..PgUp/PgDn block is laid out
sideways.  But then I'm weird that way; give me an old IBM
Indestructible with clicky-keys or an MS Natural Pro.

> Also any comments on the above system.

Looks reasonable.  I wouldn't get hung up on having the keyboard match
the case, though.  If aesthetics are your primary concern, get yourself
an iLamp or a dual G5.

-- 
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