Hi!

I’m looking for an inexpensive MMO mouse (that’s a mouse with way more that five buttons) that’s fully supported by Linux.

That also means there’s some kind of tool that lets me configure what all the extra buttons do.
For example I want to map Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V and virtual desktop switching to the mouse buttons.

But honestly it’s difficult to find any such mouse.
I stumbled upon this link and there are several mouses listed. The first place isn’t on sale anymore. It was also way to expensive. The second place has this rubber coating that dissolves in disgusting black paint after a year or two. The article also mentioned 8 programmable buttons but the mouse only has 6 and 7 button variants. The third one doesn’t have enough buttons. And so on.

Is there a site/place where I can search and compare mouses with lots of buttons that has a configuration/mapping tool running on Linux?

I first thought to reach out to a mouse/periphery/hardware community but chose not to do it. Most people do not use Linux so answers from them won’t be as helpful as yours.

Thank you for your time!

  • Suprabiscuit
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    2 days ago

    I programmed my roccat/turtle beach kone xp air on Windows and have been using it standalone on Linux since.

    It has four side buttons, two buttons to switch dpi and plus a fifth at the bottom, all can be freely reassigned. Profiles can be switched at any time and are also stored on the mouse itself. I use the rgb to differentiate between them (I only have two)

    You can connect it with its very smooth cable, wireless dongle or Bluetooth with no issues

    Only downside is the price when buying new, I got a mint one from a collector (didn’t know those existed) for about 70 bucks. The wired version might be more affordable.