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LinuxWorld Report, Day 2

greechneb writes "Roblimo is reporting again on LWCE's second day. Check out his reports on break dancers, hp, suse, gentoo, linux on laptops, and most important, free booze." See yesterday's story if you missed it. Some other LWCE notes: United Linux is sucking in more partners, and even Microsoft won one of the show awards. And yes, Robin is going around asking the interview questions. :)

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  1. Doh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Frist Belch

  2. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp!

  3. My only peeve about linux on laptops. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is that linux seems to lack the abillity of supporting a usb mouse and a touchpad at the same time. USB mice are fine, yet I can't get the touch pad working. Windows copes fine with it.

    1. Re:My only peeve about linux on laptops. by mir · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Funny, I am typing this answer on an Asus Laptop running Mandrake 9.0, that supports both the touchpad and a logitech cordless mouse..

      Here is the relevant part of my /etc/X11/XF86Config-4:

      Section "InputDevice"
      Driver "mouse"
      Identifier "mouse0"
      Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
      Option "Protocol" "ps/2"
      Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on"
      Option "SendCoreEvents" "on"
      EndSection

      Section "InputDevice"
      Driver "mouse"
      Identifier "mouse1"
      Option "ButtonNumber" "5"
      Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
      Option "Name" "AutoDetected"
      Option "Protocol" "imps/2"
      Option "Vendor" "AutoDetected"
      Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"
      Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
      Option "SendCoreEvents" "on"
      EndSection

      # later...
      Section "ServerLayout"
      Identifier "layout1"
      Screen "screen1"
      inputDevice "mouse0" "CorePointer"
      InputDevice "mouse1" "SendCoreEvents"
      InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
      EndSection
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      Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em. (Terry Pratchett)
  4. From the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The hottest thing I've seen at this show so far is a guy with six piercings

    I always knew something was funny about the slashdot crew (that's current & former members).

  5. Gentoo had a "donations" jar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hahahahahahahahhaahhahhahaahahahahaha

    hee hee heee hee hoo haa ahaa hahhaahahha

    guffaw haw hardy har har

    yeah linux is taking over any day now

    hey buddy can you spare a dime?

    why dont they squeegee windows?

    hahahaha

  6. The Real Thing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  7. weee. by mrtroy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    why dont i get to go to linux-dex instead of being @ work on a friday? i would take advantage of the free booze and do some break dancing for ya. booooooooooooooooooooooooo *u can tell its a friday afternoon when slashdot gets really busy* everyone else is just putting in time...working for the weekend...*loverboy*

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    [I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
  8. but.. but.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Everyone on /. knows that m1cr0$0f7 5ux0rz! How can they win a prize?

  9. When will KDE3.1 be released, please? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If there is to be further delay, would someone post a message somewhere, say, www.kde.org, or dot.kde.org, or lists.kde.org, or...?

    I'm not angry, I would just like to have further information. It seemed like the release was going to be last weekend and the lack of information is distressing.

  10. Re:Was there, it was .... pretty ok by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YOU SAID BOXEN!!! Die die die die die die!!!

  11. Has anyone tried gentoo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I was thinking about giving it a shot, anyone??

  12. Troll?!? by Jedi1USA · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ouch! I guess that's what I get for making a joke.

    Next time I'll remember to put a ;^) at the end.

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    My old sig was REALLY stoopid.