Logitech G300 Gaming Mouse

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.

See also:

• Laser Mouse is Inferior for Gaming?
• What's Mouse DPI? Does Mouse DPI Matter in Gaming?
• Why You Need a 8 Buttons Mouse?

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

references:

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All_Mouse_Buttons_Working
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Logitech_G300
• http://www.tria.net/logitech_g300_linux