From: Michael Scott <luv@inoz.net> To: Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> Cc: luv-talk@lists.luv.asn.au Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:23:48 +1000 Subject: Re: [luv-talk] wireless mouse I've been using all sorts of wireless mice for the time I've been using Linux (2005).

I went into Harvey Norman one day looking for a wireless mouse. Looked on the Logitech boxes and they basically all said they were compatible with Windows and Mac. A sales assistant happened to be sitting at a desk nearby so I asked him if that meant they wouldn't work with Linux. He replied "probably". I just picked one up and bought it knowing that every mouse I've used has been compatible with Linux.

Michael

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Keith Bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> wrote:

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On Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:42:02 +0800 Tim Lyth <tcl@tcl.homedns.org> wrote:

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I'm using the Logitech M305 cordless mouse - it has a "micro-receiver" unit which plugs in to a USB port. Debian picked it up just fine in the USB 2.0 port on my Medion brand laptop.

Thanks Tim.

That is logical, but some times logic doesn't count.

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Just to echo what Michael et al have said. I use a Logitech MX-something (I don't have it with me). It is a 6 button mouse that has a search button in addition to the regular 3 + forward/back. Everything, even the search (which under Gnome is desktop search) works out of the box. I'm also sure I could configure the search to do a Google search like you can with the Mac/Windows drivers pretty easily if that's what I wanted. Cheers Tim -- Vote NO in referenda.