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Vertical Mouse - alternative to Logitech Lift? (self.linux)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by gigachad to c/[email protected]

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Update: I bought the Lift mouse and it just works perfect out of the box.

I know there are better communities such as [email protected] , but it isn't as active and I hope you understand me posting here for outreach.

So I have problems with my wrist from working on the computer, so I thought about trying a vertical mouse. I found the Logitech Lift Vertical would be a nice option, but after doing research I read it is a pain on Linux and does not work reliably. About some other models I read you need to set them up with Windows first to get them working (uurgghh)

Does anybody have good experiences with a vertical mouse on Linux?

I use Mint btw

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I was surprised by this post. Mice are quite simple devices, and I've haven't used of on not working in decades. Logitech in particular are well supported on Linux. Logitech's page for the Lift even specifically mentions Linux compatability.

I do see that systemd broke the mouse support a couple of years ago (of course Poetteringware targeting init would break basic mouse support), but it was quickly fixed.

Perhaps you're referring to this page, and indeed Logitech is adding gestures to their firmware that is apparently problematic across OSes, and because they don't provide software for Linux you can't disable features to "fix" it as you can in Windows. However, that user found a solution for their issue and documents it.

Is the fix intimidating? It's editing some system config files, which with an influx of new Linux users may not be used to.

FWIW, if this mouse interested me, I'd not hesitate to buy it. It looks like the only issue anyone's complained about is related to how the firmware works, is also an issue on Windows, and there's a work around on both systems.