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

  • phohOP
    2·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyzEnglish
      2·
      6 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.

    • Ooops@feddit.org
      1·
      6 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-).