Logitech users on macOS found themselves locked out of their mouse customizations yesterday after the company let a security certificate expire, breaking both its Logi Options+ and G HUB configuration apps. Logitech devices like its MX Master series mice and MX Keys keyboards stopped working properly as a result of the oversight, with users unable to access their custom scrolling setup, button mappings, and gestures.
As if constantly pushing more AI slop into their software while making no real improvements wasn’t enough…
All MX master keys are recognized on Linux, but there aren’t many extra keys, I don’t think the official software lets you create macros either.
In any case, you usually don’t need hardware-specific software to create macros on Linux because there are ways to remap keys and actions that are independent to the hardware used.
there are ways to remap keys and actions that are independent to the hardware used.
As I’ve been trying for days to get my logi mouse macros to work the same as it did in windows, I can say that’s not true, or I’ve somehow missed the easy ways to do it.
The best I’ve come up with is to remap one key to a keyboard key that activates a separate autoclicker program, which is clunky and sub-optimal to say the least.
*Two weeks later and I finally have a reasonable solution in input-remapper after trying every other application I could find. It still took a little fudging around with other apps, but it’s a much cleaner solution than I had before. Honestly, I’m mostly annoyed at this point that I somehow overlooked this one for so long. It was right there the whole time >.<
Idk any mouse that won’t work on Linux, but my next one will probably be a keychron
“Works well” = Can be fully utilized (macro keys, etc) without garbage proprietary software.
All MX master keys are recognized on Linux, but there aren’t many extra keys, I don’t think the official software lets you create macros either.
In any case, you usually don’t need hardware-specific software to create macros on Linux because there are ways to remap keys and actions that are independent to the hardware used.
As I’ve been trying for days to get my logi mouse macros to work the same as it did in windows, I can say that’s not true, or I’ve somehow missed the easy ways to do it.
The best I’ve come up with is to remap one key to a keyboard key that activates a separate autoclicker program, which is clunky and sub-optimal to say the least.
*Two weeks later and I finally have a reasonable solution in input-remapper after trying every other application I could find. It still took a little fudging around with other apps, but it’s a much cleaner solution than I had before. Honestly, I’m mostly annoyed at this point that I somehow overlooked this one for so long. It was right there the whole time >.<
Yeah. My MX Master works on Linux, but sometimes the side buttons stop working.
I’ve heard good things about the Keychron mice. I’ll have to take a look. I think they have one that is very similar to the MX Master.