SmartBoard

[Alan McKinnon]

On Wednesday 29 March 2006 22:26, Byron Poland wrote:
> On 3/29/06, Alan McKinnon <alan at linuxholdings.co.za> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Anyone familiar with SmartBoards as in the product name?
> > Basically, it's a transparent touch-screen like thing that clips
> > over any large flat panel monitor and comes with coloured
> > styluses. The board pretends to be a mouse and you "draw" on it
> > with the stylus, your drawing then appears on the monitor. The
> > effect is like a traditional white board and marker pen
> > superimposed on top of a computer screen.
> >
> > My question is, are these supported on Ubuntu? If so, how much
> > hacking do I need to do?
> >
> > --
> > Alan McKinnon
> > alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za
> > +27 82, double three seven, one nine three five
>
> I'm not sure about compatibility, but I'm sitting in a room with
> one right now (the large whiteboard version used with a projector).
>  Their website has drivers for Linux
>
> http://smarttech.com/support/software/unix.asp
>
> Its all redhat, but you might beable to get it to work.

Bingo, that's *exactly* what I'm looking for. Thanks a ton.

-- 
Alan McKinnon
alan at linuxholdings dot co dot za
+27 82, double three seven, one nine three five