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I have USB IR receiver. Can I use it in conjunction with any IR remote control to control audio/video players and turn off PC?
Any other solution for remote control. I want to use one PC as media centre. Any compatible hardware You tested?

if the IR receiver is supported with a driver and you have an app that can interpret the codes from the remote then it will work.

i use such a device with http://openelec.tv/ with one of the zotec ion2 platforms.

since it runs linux, and probably a similar kernel to mageia then that support is probably in mageia.

if this is a pc just for running as an entertainment device then consider openelec over mageia ,
so that you can spend more time watching films on that entertainment centre than you spent setting it up.

because it takes less than 10 mins to install and have a film/music/pictures showing with openelec with working remote control.

it also takes less that 5 seconds to boot into its window manager with the front screen ready to go.

then spend all that freetime playing with mageia on your desktop/laptop.

regards peter

THX. I will try!