Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse (Discontinued)

Xah Lee

, 2011-12-06, 2013-05-26

Logitech G300 gaming mouse is discontinued as of 2014.

logitech g300 mouse 3-s — “Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse” amazon 1332×1392 1232×460 1168×660

logitech g300 mouse 1-s — “Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse” amazon 1332×1392 1232×460 1168×660

Features:

Optical. (not laser) 2500 DPI.
9 programable buttons.
On-board memory. (3 profiles for storage of settings)
Mouse lights up! Color strip on the side changes depending on current profile!
Instant sensitivity (DPI) change.

This mouse is on the small side, good for people with small hands.

This mouse is not expensive. About $35. Compare this one to Cooler Master Storm Recon Mouse.

What's nice about this is that it's got 6 USABLE custom buttons. That's the buttons all on top of the mouse. By USABLE, i mean easy access, and excluding standard ones such as {left, middle, right} buttons.

Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse Review. amazon

Linux Config

On Linux, you need to run this script to get it to work.

#!/bin/sh
G300_XINPUT_ID=$(xinput list | egrep --color=never "G300.*keyboard" | sed -r 's/.*id=([0-9]+).*/\1/')
xinput set-mode ${G300_XINPUT_ID} RELATIVE

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