Re: [PLUG] Bluetooth mouse without USB Dongle

["K.S. Bhaskar" <bhaskar@bhaskars.com>]

I have one of these (https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-PlayStation-3-Cordless-MediaBoard-Pro/dp/B000W5RBQE), and it has worked well on several Linux computers and distributions. It's not a mouse, but the touchpad on the side means that I don't inadvertently cause a touch as a consequence of the ball of my thumb being close enough to activate the heat sensor, which happens on my laptop touchpad.

Regards

– Bhaskar

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 1:15 PM, Keith C. Perry <kperry@daotechnologies.com> wrote:

This one I use for my projector...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BALK9CM/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

but its not good for what you want, which is a fulltime bluetooth keyboard and mouse solution.  So, if it were me I'd go for...

https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/bluetooth-illuminated-keyboard-k810

or

https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/product/g613-wireless-mechanical-gaming-keyboard

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Li" <ml+PLUG@vishwin.info>
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Sent: Saturday, January 6, 2018 7:16:37 AM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Bluetooth mouse without USB Dongle

On 06/01/2018 07:02, Joe Rosato wrote:
> The laptop has only two usb ports. Dont want to use up a port with a USB
> dongle. I'm looking at bluetooth mice online, without dongle, but have
> never owned one. 
>
The mice with the dongles usually don't use bluetooth, but rather an RF
protocol specific to the mouse and dongle. Most actual bluetooth mice
may not ship with a bluetooth dongle as it is assumed your machine will
have its own bluetooth card. Make sure yours has such a card if you
don't want to unnecessarily occupy a USB port.

The setup process in Linux should be similar to any other bluetooth
device, at least when configuring under bluetoothctl.

Alternatively, you could get yourself a passive USB hub, which has the
benefit of providing more usable USB ports.

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Charlie "hypercall" Li

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