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Vertical Ergonomic Devices for Linux?

Posted by Cliff on from the saving-your-wrists dept.

NonNullSet asks: "I am having trouble finding a truly programmable mouse for Linux. I'm a longtime (read older) computer user and have to use an ergonomic mouse (http://www.evoluent.biz) to work on Windows. I would like to find something similar (vertical shape, if possible, programmable buttons) for Linux, but haven't had any luck. Have any Slashdot readers been successful at finding/using programmable ergonomic hardware on Linux? Vertical shape plus click and hold would be excellent!"

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  1. Re:What are you talking about? by kinema · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would recomend brining this up on the linux-kernel and/or linux-usb mailing lists. I can't immagine that it would be too difficult for someone to write a simple device driver for the extra non-standard buttons on this. If the extra buttons ended up being a seperate device in the input subsys maybe a virtual mouse could be created to bind the two devices (mouse and buttons) together into something that looks like a typical four button HID device.