Oh man I wish I found this a lot earlier: http://uberoptions.net/ I have a Logitech Revolution MX mouse and it is really great except for the lack of middle-click! You can press down on the scroll and it “clicks” physically but it doesn’t send a mouse-button-3 event. After installing uberOptions that button is now configurable [...]
Wow, I really didn’t expect it to happen but I was able to convince IT to replace the abomination that is the Lenovo “Thinkpad” SL500 with a real Thinkad, the T500. Here are some notes on what I had to do to get everything working under Linux (Ubuntu 8.10): First off you won’t even be [...]
I’ve just had the displeasure of obtaining a Lenovo SL500 from my company. Although this machine is branded with the Thinkpad logo it is not actually a Thinkpad. This laptop actually has “Ideapad” firmware in it. Way to go Lenovo, shooting yourself in the foot by tarnishing the Thinkpad brand with this PoS. It shipped [...]
