Ready to give up on lirc

[Hal <sou...@ha...>]

What alternatives have people used?  I'm about ready to stop beating my 
head against the wall with lirc.

Wireless keyboard, of course, but that's pretty bulky and may not have 
enough range.

Buy a capture card that comes with it's own remote.  Then I have yet 
another remote kicking around, plus I still probalby have problems 
making it work with linux.

Any better solutions?

Hal