1d ago

The driver for my mouse occupies over 1 gb

And of course they had to shoehorn some AI bullshit in it

(why I installed this driver: because i can remap the two extra buttons as copy/paste)

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Anyone have other brand suggestions?
- I have a M$FT "natural" keyboard (PS/2 and not running thru a USB converter either) and a M$FT USB mouse. Both around 30 years old. They're indestructible it seems, and both have worked great with every Linux distro I've ever used.
- I've been using a Redragon M690 Pro as my home daily driver, and I retired my Razer Basilisk x Hyperspeed to my office, although the latter started having issues with middle clicking. The 690 is nice so far though. I don't play any twitch shooters, more of a slow burn style, so ymmv.
  
  I also like my Redragon mouse, a "Griffin M602A-RGB". I picked it entirely because (a) the shape fits my hand well, with well-sculpted indentations for my thumb, ring, and pinky fingers, and (b) it's cheap, but not so cheap it isn't still decent.
  
  Same actually. I got some nice RGB customization, it was comfy, had a right handed thumb rest, and the price was right. Only thing it didn't have like the Basilisk was BT functionality, which in my use case wasn't a deal breaker. Software wasn't bloated either.
  
  Only thing it didn’t have like the Basilisk was BT functionality, which in my use case wasn’t a deal breaker.
  Batteries are kind of a deal-breaker for me anyway. If I were to get a wireless mouse, it would have to be the kind that's powered by induction from the mouse pad.
- No, unfortunately. Logitech mice are the best performing in quality, battery life, and longevity at their price range. I've tried many other mice in the budget range, and they all fail quickly, eat batteries, or perform poorly in comparison.
  
  I bought a couple Logitech mice a few years ago and I gotta say, they weren't the best. The material they are made out of melts slowly over time. I use these mice and get sticky shit on my fingers. It's not food or anything I'm doing. I've scrubbed them with rubbing alcohol and no matter what a little bit of sticky stuff is always coming off. So the finish on them isn't great, at best. Never had other mice do this.
  
  I had one that had rubberized sides that slowly did that over the years. After a decade? of daily use it finally started giving up. Most non-logi non-OEM mice I've used lasted months at best.
  
  You described exactly my issue but it took under 5 years. Maybe 3? I've used $10 much much longer with only occasional hiccups like resolution issues on certain mousepads
  
  I've been using super cheap 10 € Logitech mice since the dawn of time and I've never experienced that. What are you doing with your mouse?
  
  I knew someone would blame me. Yeah the cheap ones are normal plastic and would never disintegrate. Kind of, again, like the other 28 mice I've used in my life. The expensive Logitech mice I bought are a rubberized plastic meant for comfort but they aren't durable. Literally did nothing wrong or different but that sticky shit is the pits, so I won't be buying anymore $180 mice. I hadn't before these either.
  
  My recommendation is the G305. Yes, a gaming mouse. But they're both cheap and have an insanely good polling rate, so the mouse is smooooooth. Also, no rubberized nonsense to degrade.
  
  It is either a type of rubberized material degrading or one piece of plastic in the group. Being a home-labber/gamer I have gone through a couple hundred mice easily. In addition to Logitech, I've had lots of stock MS/Dell/HP and even Sun mice. A few can get this condition with the materials. Often it will be a rubberized component, but sometimes it is a plastic part. Like the mouse wheel is a more common part that gets sticky, but the rest of the mouse is okay. Nothing happened other than it sat around for a long time. It could be that the last user had grubby fingers stained orange from cheetos whilst using that mouse and that lent somehow to the degradation. Hard to say. Plastic does degrade for sure and maybe our grubby mitts help?

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