I've used the Adesso keyboard on Linux (fedora 10 & 12) without any problems. I bought this same keyboard for my htpc that uses the operating system who's name must not be spoken. The only trouble I've had with it has been keeping the key board and it's usb-fob synced. On the HTPC I use an USB extender cable so the usb-fob is in front of the computer instead of in back. The Adesso keyboard is easy to use from the coach. I like mouse wheel on the side of the keyboard. The only "better" brand to getting for HTPC use is Gyration. It's spendy however. -- Timothy. On 10/9/2010 10:09 PM, Mike Miller wrote: > I want something that works well with the home media setup. I was using > an ordinary, cheap wireless keyboard/mouse, actually two different ones, > both worked fine from within 4-5 feet, but they didn't do well at about 7 > feet and I need them for that distance. It turns out that everyone > promises 10 meters, but the cheaper keyboards are all lying. > > Next I upgraded to a keyboard with a built-in trackball. It was the > ADESSO WKB-3000UB: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823166079 > > I loved that. What a great design and such a nice feel. Unfortunately, > it worked great for only a few days and by day 6 I couldn't get it to do > much of anything. Also, it started causing nautilus to launch literally > hundreds of file browsers. My experience -- having it work at first, and > later fail -- seems to have been shared by many other people who commented > on Amazon.com. So I brought it back to Microcenter. > > While at Microcenter tonight I picked up one of these: > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823176018 > > I just started using it, but right now it is working. The problem with > this one is that I just don't like it nearly as much as the Adesso -- the > trackball doesn't feel as good and it is so small that I have to use the > function key to access Ins, Home, End, PgDn and PgUp. > > > Does anyone have any good tips on what is good and works well on Linux > systems? (I'm using Ubuntu.) The Adesso failure might have had something > to do with the Linux system, but maybe not. It doesn't seem like any > keyboard manufacturer promises Linux compatibility. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >