L-Trac Trackball
L-Trac
L-Trac first appeared on Amazon in 2009-09.
This is the highest quality trackball. Large ball, smooth scroll wheel (with mechanical roller bearings contact), 3 buttons.
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- Scroll wheel is smooth, can spin (not notched).
- 3 buttons. The third button is blow the scroll wheel.
- 2 switch jacks (programmable) which allows users to plug in two external buttons (Sold Seperatly) for a maximum of 5 buttons
- Laser sensor. This means, more precision.
- Press middle button + right button to switch DPI between {400, 800, 1600}.
- Width 3.75 inch (9.5cm), Length 6.75 inch (17.1cm), Height 1.75 inch (5cm)
Trackball Spin Test, and Scroll Wheel Spin Test
Blue Glow Ball
The blue LED backlit ball model came out around .
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Ball Size
Ball diameter: 57 mm.
Red Glow Ball
The red glow ball model came out 2015-05.
Work in Linux?
Yes. Plug and play.
You can remap mouse buttons in Linux using xinput
.
〔see Linux: Swap Mouse Buttons〕
Extra Buttons
Two headphone plug holes in the back for adding 2 extra buttons.
You can buy one with buttons attached.
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Roller Bearings
This trackball uses roller bearings. That means, it can last long. Most other trackball use a fixed ceramic material that may wear out due to friction.
L-Trac Trackball History
- The same design can be seen in Microspeed PC-Trac trackball, 1991.
- Around 2009 to 2019, it is owned by CST (Clearly Superior Technologies, Inc).
- Around 2019-08 CST sold it to X-Keys, citing retirement.