Thanks for the reply and the information. I wasn't aware of the USB HID
specification but if I understand what you've said (and what I've read
elsewhere) then any drivers required will most likely already be available in
the OS (Trisquel GNU/Linux in my case).
With regard to the external
Thanks for the suggestions and advice. Very informative.
About the HDD: Any HDD would work. Most of them include some software
nowadays (mostly for Windows but some others also for Mac).
As you can guess those software are non-free. But the good news are that the
word FORMAT exists and it will work great. You can (re)format the HDD with
Gparted,
I've searched the forum but I wasn't able to find an answer to my
concerns/questions. Please also excuse my ignorance on this subject.
(1) Do all mice contain their necessary drivers as standard?
(2) If the answer to (1) is Yes does there exist a mouse with a driver that
RYF?
(3) If the
Mice use standard interfaces (USB HID, Bluetooth; PS/2 for old mice;
there are proprietary wireless mice interfaces, but they probably all
have USB HID or PS/2 adapters). There are nonstandard extensions for
some features which probably work or aren't needed. Any mouse should
work out of the
You can use Gparted to erase, reformat, and partition the external HDD
however you choose. Yes, most have code that sends user info to the
manufacturer every time you access it - just like products from Ubuntu,
Google, AOL, Bing, Apple, Windows, and others do. Erasing and reformating
will
How could the HDD hardware access the internet? It could only be done by some
software installed on the computer itself.
It is installed just like on USB flash drives ... Yes, you are correct, it
must be connected to a computer with internet access before anything is sent.
Most PC and cell phone users have no clue on how to set up firewalls,
routers, modems, or computer ports.
