Need to find a mouse compatible with Linux

[claydoh]

Looking at your bottom line. What is he advantage of kdesudo over sudo in a konsole screen? That's what I always do.

kdesudo is for gui programs , not for console-specific ones.

Using sudo, a program is run with root's privileges, but with the user's configurations.
Using kdesudo (or gksu/gksudo in Ubuntu), it uses root's configurations, and also copies
.Xauthority to a tmp directory. This prevents files in your home directory becoming
owned by root.

Running something graphical with sudo is not a guarantee that a config file will change ownership, but makes the likelihood much greater, especially if one changes a setting for that app.

[xennex81]

The KDE4 touchpad notifier was a little buggy though. It regularly told me my touchpad had stopped working when that was not the case .

[xennex81]

@joneall you can assume that the base functionality of any mouse, trackball and touchpad will work out of the box. (This is a thread from 2013, that's why they're calling it "necro"). I haven't tried any trackpad features so I can't comment on 'gestures' and the like.

[DoYouKubuntu]

Do we all realize that we are all necroposting here?

Well, joneall started it! I hadn't even noticed.

[joneall]

Looking at your bottom line. What is he advantage of kdesudo over sudo in a konsole screen? That's what I always do.

[joneall]

I notice in system settings > input devices > touchpad that the synaptics driver is installed or not used. It is installed (xserver-xorg-input-synaptics), so I guess it's just that I don't have a touchpad yet.

Are all touchpads compativle with a synaptics driver?

[joneall]

Do we all realize that we are all necroposting here?

Huh?

Also, Can I assume that Logitech touchpads will also work out of the box?

[claydoh]

Do we all realize that we are all necroposting here?

[DoYouKubuntu]

My dad supposedly got a new Logitech mouse and discovered that Logitech mouses aren't compatible with Linux

Since when?!

I've used NOTHING but Logitech trackballs...FOREVER...and have never had a single issue with them not working with Linux. My current trackballs are the M570 Wireless, and they work just fine.

[joneall]

Should I take it that any trackball will also work? I'm thinking about the Kensington Orbit with scroll ring.

[weha]

I had plenty trouble with newer kernels until I found this Logitech mouse/keyboard combo, which is cheap and the specs. state support for Linux kernels 2.6 and above. (Works off USB)

[dmeyer]

I have a Logitech Performance MX. To configure the non-standard buttons you can use Easystroke. It is in the repos. The only thing you might have an issue with is a lack of easy DPI switching. You could try try combining lomoco and Easystroke for pretty much the same experience as you'd have on Windows.

[oshunluvr]

I'll speak out of hand here, but if it's a 'standard' three-button mouse, it will work. If it's a fancy 'many-button' mouse, then there could be issues getting it fully configured.

A while ago I would have agreed with this totally, but since 2010 or so my mouse has been fully configured right out of the box. It's got the tilt-wheel and two extra buttons.

[HalationEffect]

My Logitech "Marathon" M705 wireless mouse is almost (*) completely functional in Kubuntu without my having had to configure anything. Just plugged it in and it worked.

(*) The third thumb button (button 10 (of 10)) doesn't seem to be recognised. However, because I almost never use the two thumb buttons that do work, I'm not much concerned about the one that doesn't. Everything else about the mouse works just fine, including the tilt-wheel.

[Detonate]

Another thought, some of these devices come with an installation CD which of course contains a Windows executable file. If you insert the CD, the program on the disk will not run, so an end user might think they can't install the device in Linux.