Gaming Mouse

[NDW57]

There have been a number of queries in relation to gaming mice and programming the extra buttons. For info.....I recently purchased a Roccat Kiro gaming mouse that has up to five additional buttons from the norm, I programmed these on a Windows machine using the download from Roccat and the mouse "held" the new designations when I used it on Linux Mint 17.3. Thus, the mouse has an onboard memory that takes reprogramming from machine to machine. i.e it works ! I suspect it would work with other Roccat mice. (A very nice mouse incidentally). A simple answer perhaps for those timid about using "Terminal" to reprogramme mouse buttons.

[Gualicho32]

There have been a number of queries in relation to gaming mice and programming the extra buttons. For info.....I recently purchased a Roccat Kiro gaming mouse that has up to five additional buttons from the norm, I programmed these on a Windows machine using the download from Roccat and the mouse "held" the new designations when I used it on Linux Mint 17.3. Thus, the mouse has an onboard memory that takes reprogramming from machine to machine. i.e it works ! I suspect it would work with other Roccat mice. (A very nice mouse incidentally). A simple answer perhaps for those timid about using "Terminal" to reprogramme mouse buttons.

This is a subject I'm quite interested in myself. Gaming mice are nice, though I personally would much rather use an old school PSX style game controller for action titles. I think for me, the decorative aspect is the main selling point. For the hardcore gaming snobs who insist on rugged dependability and maximum customization, simply looking cool wouldn't be enough for them. The "driverless" mice would be less hassle for most normal users.