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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] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

yes i mean hardware.

people i work with use and love those vertical shaped mice. i find them too weird. that is probably cause i am stuck in my ways.

i have a logitech mx anywhere which i like but the side buttons don’t work very well on linux.

i am really just interested to see what people are using. maybe there is a better one out there for me.

thanks for the recommendation.

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

Any $5 laser mouse with a scroll wheel from ebay/amazon is fine for me. Plug it in and it just works. I prefer certain shapes for comfort but I've never had a mouse NOT work in linux.

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

@phoh probalby you can config the mouse in your distro, for example I'm using KDE, in the settings window I can find a section to set up the mouse

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

Mice are so standardized that basically any problem with the basic buttons has to be a configuration issue. I have never seen a mouse not working under Linux. Unless of course you are talking about programmable and RGB stuff coming with proprietary software, but I never understood their appeal (in fact I'm also still prefering cables over batteries over recharging ones -as the internal battery is usually what fails first-).