[techtalk] LinuxPPC

Adriana Gonzalez adriana at hq.mycity.com
Fri Jan 28 11:26:24 EST 2000


Jamie Walker wrote:
> 
> Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
> 
> > From what I have seen of it it's not much different than an i386 distro
> > (similar to other RH-based distros) and the iBook is (IMHO) the best
> > laptop you can get for that kind of price. Of course, this comes from a
> > long time Mac+unix user who was introduced to windows PCs quite a bit
> > later, so I may be biased in that right ;o)
> 
> Something I've always wondered about LinuxPPC et al - how do they handle
> the single button mice in X11 which ideally wants three?

It is done through keyboard emulation.  Of course you can get a three
button mouse. 
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   Adriana Gonzalez

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