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"First" days at Logitech

posted by Martin Rubli at 23:17

Things are finally calming down a little bit here in Lausanne. I've moved into my apartment last Saturday. (Aren't those supposed to get bigger once you get out of school and start a job?) Because it's about 11 km away from Romanel-sur-Morges where I work and I refuse to give in to public transportation one of my favorite pastimes is eating.

When I'm not eating I'm enjoying work at Logitech. Mainly reading up on driver development (Windows this time) and trying to get organized.

Logitech diNovo Edge

Two things positively surprised me about Logitech Switzerland, one of them has to do with Logitech and the other with Switzerland.

1. The cafeteria actually serves good food. You know, real menus with healthy vegetables instead of rare-cooked hamburgers that make you sick for the rest of the day. (Hello, Fremont cafeteria ...)

2. I know nobody's last name. Cause I don't have to. Just like in Fremont, people call each other by their first names. No "Monsieur" or "Madame". I was really expecting the typical uptight Swiss attitude there. I hope this spreads out to other European companies!

Not really surprising but nontheless positive is the fact that I have fancy keyboards and mice, e.g. one of these. (Yes, the diNovo Edge works fine even on Linux, it's recognized as two HID devices.) Working on consumer devices is just so much more fun to than sitting in the basement of a bank. ;-)

There were a few other things I wanted to mention but I seem to have forgotten. A clear sign to make three steps to the right and go to bed.



  1. Nuno says:

    You say this works on Linux? Which version were you running it on? Did you try out the mouse capabilities? I was unable to get the touch pad to work at all.

  2. Martin says:

    Both the keyboard and the touchpad are standard HID devices, so for me it was really plug-and-play, even on Linux. I had a 2.6.16 kernel at the time but it should work on pretty much any version with HID support.

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