[Tutor] OT: Recommendations for a Linux distribution to dual-boot with Win7-64 bit

[Alan Gauld]

On 29/06/16 17:20, boB Stepp wrote:

> that Logitech does not support Linux for this product, but others who
> have done a dual-boot setup with Windows installed before Linux seem
> to have found that once the mouse is connected with Windows, it will
> be seen by Linux.  This remains to be seen!  

FWIW I use an old PS/2 Logitech trackball on Linux with no problems
(apart from two of the 5 buttons not doing anything, but I never
used them anyway even on Windows.

For hardware compatibility issues its less important whether the
vendors officially support Linux as whether Linux supports it. The best
bet for that is to search the support forums for your distro (and
related ones, so for Mint I look at Mint, Ubuntu and Debian in that order)

Sometimes there are additional driver packages you can install. For
things like keyboard and mice I always keep a cheapo USB pair around
so I can always get up and running then I can usually persuade the
distro to accept whatever fancier gear I want to use later.

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