On Monday 07 Jul 2003 1:34 am, Damian Gatabria wrote: > > Some 6 months ago, i was browsing the web.. bored as hell, and > ended up (don't ask me how) in Microsoft's site, reading up on some > kind of 'mobility quiz' and XP on laptops... > > This mobility quiz offered an optical mouse for each and every one > that answered correctly to a given number of questions.. can't > remember how many... just for the heck of it, i took the quiz, > passed it without even thinking about it, and right then i > remembered to read the 'terms and conditions': "For USA residents > only". > > "Dang! oh well.." I quickly forgot about it. > > Surprisingly, a couple of weeks ago, a scary package with a > "From: Redmond, Washington" label arrives, they sent me > the freaking mouse after all. With a letter congratulating me > for winning the quiz, and a BIG seal on the box: > > "THE MICROSOFT ADVANTAGE: HARDWARE-SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY > DESIGNED FOR WINDOWS XP" > > "Ok" i thought. "This is never going to work with Linux." > it was a small mouse for notebooks, optical, USB cord, > wheel, 3 buttons, kinda cute 'n all... > > So, i plugged the little thing in, fired up mousedrake, > which detected it at once. I just clicked OK, restarted > my X session, and it worked perfectly. Wheel, all buttons, > everything. I'm actually happy with it... > > > Damian
This one is an absolute must <g> for the TWiki hardware compatibility page! Anne
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