And of course they had to shoehorn some AI bullshit in it
(why I installed this driver: because i can remap the two extra buttons as copy/paste)
The mouse driver used with the Commodore 64’s GEOS operating system uses 3 blocks on disk, less than a kilobyte.
The driver:
Baaack in my day we got a driver for our mouse on a single DD floppy…
what the fuck?? why would a mouse need ai? ancient computer user here who is very confused lol
Maybe it can AFK my character in games for me
Input Remapper on linux can get the job done without the need for this junk. I’ve used it for this exact purpose before.
It mostly can get the job done. Mice that have more then just mouse 4/5 tend to be entirely fucked and good luck.
The driver for your mouse occupies a few kilobytes. The shitty app and AI garbage bloatware occupies the rest.
holy fucking shit. I once programmed a mouse driver for an 8 bit computer with 32kb of ram. I don’t remember the exact size of the compiled driver but it was under 1kb.
Today’s tech companies probably couldn’t even figure out a way to make a hello world in python without it needing 100gb of storage, an Intel Core9/AMD Ryzen 7000 or better, an internet connection and an online user account.
Maybe a Docker or two, perhaps a VM in the cloud. Is that still hip with the kids?
The driver consumes a few KB. The bullshit software that you don’t need to install is what’s consuming the GB.
Use the offline installer, which is for offline and airgapped machines. It turns off the AI prompt builder as well as all the telemetry shite:
https://support.logi.com/hc/en-us/articles/11570501236119-Logitech-Options-offline-installer
AI prompt builder? What? It’s a fucking mouse???
It is repulsive to me in its entirety but apparently the vibe coders dig it.
But it has AI? If your mouse doesn’t have AI, you’re living in the past
Edit:
postpastfor this?
Logitech, the data company?!?!
The driver itself is probably a few megabytes only. The rest is just bullshit in the name of rgb control and preset/dpi control. You seem to be using a Logitech device, you can enable the onboard memory of your mouse, then uninstall this thing and use Logitech’s Onboard Memory Manager app instead.
the driver itself is kilobytes in size. Megabytes is huge for such a simple thing
Narrator: It wasn’t a driver.
Please don’t be Logitech, please don’t be Logitech…
Damnit.
Of Course it’s Logitech. Their software has been shit for ages.
I do like the hardware tho and mine works just fine on linux without their garbage software. Got one of those ergo trackball mice and a G502 for some gaming.
My first mouse driver was smaller than the picture you attached to this post
I have a Logitech mouse. I just used a 3rd party app to remap.
Better mouse for Mac, but looks like you’re on Linux? There’s bound to be something
You can use Logitech’s Onboard Memory Manager app which is under 20MB and doesn’t require installation.
It doesn’t contribute at all to the conversation but BOOOOOOO to them for that nonsense.
That “logi” rebrand really shows how shit they’ve gotten.
Logitech Gaming Software was the last good thing they made.
