Hello, Sorry for the late answer, I was on holyday. I would love to use BlueTooth for a Logitech mouse, but could not make it work. Ubuntu is the only OS I use.
Baudouin Le vendredi 23 avril 2010 à 20:43 +0200, Richard Bennett a écrit : > On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:06:53 +0200, Jan Claeys <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > > > Matthew wants to know how and for what people use bluetooth and the > > bluetooth menu in the panel on Ubuntu. If you answer to the list I will > > forward your answers... > > hi > > > 1. What kinds of Bluetooth device do you use with Ubuntu? > Built-in bluetooth device in MSI laptop. > Nokia E61 > Apple alu BT keyboard > Logitech BT mouse. > Wacom BT tablet > > > > > 2. Do you use the Bluetooth menu in the panel? If so, what for, and > > how often? > I use the BT icon in the systray the most, to activate devices etc. > To get the Nokia working as an EDGE modem I had to configure all by hand > in several scripts. > I tried using some connection wizard from apt-get that was supposed to > easily connect most GPRS phones over BT but that didn't work. > I never managed to get the Nokia to sync contacts or anything else with > many phone apps (gnokki, wammu, kmobiletools etc) > I would also use my BT stereo headset, but couldn't get that working in > real stereo. > > Apple keyoard and mouse work well enough, but most BT devices require > googling the forums to find out how to get them connected / remap keys etc. > > > 3. Do you use Bluetooth devices with any OS other than Ubuntu? If so, > > do you find it more or less convenient, and why? > Also on Windows XP at work. > Is not all that great, each dongle comes with its own buggy firmware and > memory hogging programs that show BT animations but don't actueally work > all that well. > On Windows I cannot get the keyboard, wacom and mouse working at the same > time - under Ubunut I can. > Advantage of Windows is that devices reconnect automatically once you get > them working, in Ubuntu I often have to pair them again to be able to find > them. > > Hope that helps. > > RBE >
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