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  • So if anything, it’s not that “Linux doesn’t support Logitech” it’s that Logitech doesn’t Support Linux.

    While you are correct, you’re also missing the point. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. The end user doesn’t care whose “fault” it is. They only care that they have a tool in front of them that does not meet their needs. If the end user needs a mouse with a billion macro buttons, then an OS that does not support a mouse with a billion macro buttons will not work for them. If you want that user to be a happy Linux user, then you’d better make that mouse work.

    Half the people in this thread can’t see that most people, no I don’t mean most people on Lemmy, just most people period, want their computer to be a tool, a means to an end. They want it to get out of the way and enable them to crunch spreadsheet numbers or play video games or paint digital art or process words. If you’re an able-bodied software developer, desktop Linux is an excellent tool. If you’re an able-bodied anything else and have found that Linux works for you, good on you, but you’re a minority. If you’re a disabled anything else and have found that Linux works for you, please tell me how because I would love nothing more than to leave Windows and go somewhere that lets my personal computer be my personal computer.






  • The real hazard is inhaling rosin fumes (says the guy who doesn’t properly ventilate his workstation). If you’re anxious about lead (I was) there is lead-free solder, though it requires higher temperatures to work with. As far as lead goes, the risk is from getting flecks of it on your fingertips and then touching your eyes or mouth. I imagine it’s less of a problem than it feels like in my head, but something something environmentally friendly.