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Good mouse with good linux support (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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What do you think are the best mice for use with linux?

What factors do you think are most important in selecting a mouse? (eg precision, build quality, comfort, other)

Price is optional

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 4 months ago (4 children)

This is a wild question. Can somebody find me a mouse that doesn't have Linux support? I've never seen one in my life.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

You just caught him on an off day.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Tons of brands use Windows-only software to control button mapping, lighting, etc.

Anything outside basic movement, scrolling, and the first three buttons will need additional software.

It's been a while since I looked. Anyone know a good universal mouse config tool for linux that would let me map all buttons on a per-app basis?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Fortunately most have been ported to Linux via an open source revserse engineered community project or run well ish under wine! :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Piper is a GUI wrapper for libratbag which supports a bunch of gaming mice that is great for customizing button mapping. It doesn't do per-app basis but once you map the mouse buttons to regular keys/commands you could use another application to do the mapping per application.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks! That'll be my homework for this weekend! :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

My Logitec MX Master devices can be configured on Linux via Piper. Logitech Options (the official software) is for Windows and I've never messed with it, even on my Windows devices. The two MX Master devices I have work plug and play and having 2 Bluetooth connections and a dongle channel lets me easily switch between my computers without swapping mice. Apparently with the official software, I could drag the mouse from one computer's desktop to another, but I'm happy to mash the little button on the bottom to tab between devices if it saves me having to interact with another hardware manufacturer's half advertisement/half utility app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

i havent found a mouse that doesnt work at all, but my side buttons arent working (probably my issue, but still). it more about a mouse manufacturer who treats linux users as first class citizens.

[–] bitfucker 3 points 4 months ago

I think you can try to check arch wiki for known mouse problem and their solution

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Not a mosie, but ny Logitech KB doest work properly on #LMDE no PrntScr etc.