[ale] MX Master 3 Logitech mouse

[James Baker]

Cool!
Thanks for the write up. 
I've been thinking about getting one of those. 

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On Sep 19, 2019 10:25 PM, Dow Hurst via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
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> I haven't posted in a long time. I thought I'd mention I got a Logitech MX Master 3 mouse. It is bluetooth and can interact directly with a bluetooth enabled laptop and it comes with a usb dongle that it can pair with for machines that don't have bluetooth.
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> Anyway, running Ubuntu MATE 18.04 on a Eurocom X8E laptop, I found that after updating the bluetooth stack, I was able to pair with the mouse. All the fancy buttons and wheels work as expected. In Google Chrome I can scroll up/down with the middle scroll wheel. With the side thumb scroll wheel I can scroll horizontally. And finally the two thumb buttons go back and forth through the browser history. All this just worked, I didn't have to map buttons or functions.
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> There is the possibility of pairing with two additional computers since the mouse has three slots for pairings. I haven't tried that. The mouse is really smooth, well made and high quality. No clicks on the scroll wheels, which I prefer after my last mouse.
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> Adding that bluetooth ppa upgraded from IIRC 5.48 to 5.5. Here is the command I used:
> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bluetooth/bluez
> Before upgrading, I couldn't pair, and a web search showed others having problems with pairing with devices. Afterwards it was seamless and fast.
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> Sincerely,
> Dow
> ⚛Dow Hurst, Research Scientist
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