Comments on: Free software is so easy…you don’t even need a keyboard! http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/ a potpourri of mirth and madness Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:06:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Speccy Gives You Detailed Information About Your Hardware (via feedly) « 2leo’s Weblog http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-2199 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:51:27 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-2199 [...] Free software is so easy…you don’t even need a keyboard! (mdzlog.alcor.net) [...]

]]> By: Anderlan http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1941 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:06:41 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1941 See, that’s how a programmer sees the world. “Look, an ‘a’. I need that!” *copy*

]]> By: Links 05/10/2009: GoblinX 3.0 Chooses KDE 4, New Chumby Arrives | Boycott Novell http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1931 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:37:21 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1931 [...] Free software is so easy…you don’t even need a keyboard! Fortunately, the unit had a build of Ubuntu installed on its internal flash, configured to log in automatically to a graphical desktop. Using a dust-covered USB mouse I found in the bottom of the parts box, I copied and pasted letters from the gnome-terminal help files to install openssh-server, so that I could login over the network and finish setting it up. [...]

]]> By: David http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1927 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:54:11 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1927 What is this device? I’d like to get one, depending on cost.

]]> By: MarkC http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1922 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:45:42 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1922 It sounds like I’m not the only one who needs a netbook with a video in and kb/mouse output. I find it very frustrating to be stuck in front of a server with no monitor or keyboard when you’ve got a laptop or netbook which has both:

http://www.peppertop.com/blog/?p=587

]]> By: Neil http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1919 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:20:20 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1919 One word: Dasher! :)

]]> By: Keiichi http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1911 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:17:47 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1911 I’m programming an on-screen keyboard to replace (and be better than) onBoard. But you should have just used onBoard this time. Must have been a pain in the ass.

]]> By: mattj http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1910 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:04:15 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1910 Thickie question, but what’s the babbage 2? I’ve had a quick Google which wasn’t very helpful. I’m guessing it’s some kind of NAS box A la Netgear Readynas.

]]> By: ethana2 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1908 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:45:01 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1908 No onscreen keyboard?

]]> By: Jonathan Carter http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/10/04/free-software-is-so-easy-you-dont-even-need-a-keyboard/#comment-1907 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:41:37 +0000 http://mdzlog.alcor.net/?p=653#comment-1907 Heh, just last week I was installing Debian in a virtual machine using the graphical d-i, and the keyboard just died at a certain stage, so I noticed I could copy and paste characters from the installer and paste them in the text fields, so I ended up installing Debian purely with (a lot of) mouse clicks :)

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