Alejandro Rogers Bozzolo, MBA '09

Ubuntu Linux: Mouse Moves on its own...

I'm sure we all have experienced that we are typing and the cursor suddenly changes place and starts typing somewhere else. Apparently this is due to the fact that we accidently touch the mouse pad of the laptop. 

After unsuccessfully trying many solutions, which include installing Gsynaptics and getting the following message: 

  GSynaptics couldn't initialize. You have to set 'SHMConfig' 'true' in xorg.conf or XF86Config to use GSynaptics

I found a simple beautiful way to get around this. Go to the Ubuntu Software Center and install  the TouchFreeze application. And that's it! What this application does is freeze the touch pad while you are typing and re activate it after a configurable delay based on your last key stroke.

Ubuntu Linux Lucid Review

I started using Ubuntu about a year ago, when my hard disk crashed and I got a chance to start from scratch and replace any previous operating system without the hassle of the reinstallation, after all I had already lost everything so I had to go through that hassle anyways. The 9th version of Ubuntu worked really well, I was nicely surprised and rapidly became a big Ubuntu fan and user. Upgraded to the 10th version and installed all the 3D desktop stuff, including the MAC like control bar. In the meantime Google released its Chrome version for Linux which made the experience even better.

I then started using keyboard shortcuts for everything, from windows management to sound controls, barely using the mouse. So I was very happy. And then, on one of those update dialog boxes I got the option of upgrading to Linux Lucid, which I accepted after reviewing some scarce comments on the web.

The result wasn't great. I lost all my keyboard shortcuts and have  to do everything with the mouse. Windows don't even have the maximize/minimize/close icons on the top right, now you have to go to file/close, which is very slow. The 3D desktop is not working anymore (obviously since all the keyboard shortcuts are gone) and the MAC like bottom bar also has an ugly black box around it. The look and feel is certainly better, but I am planning to go back to my previous version.

In my humble opinion: Ubuntu Linux Lucid, not quite there yet.

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