OpenRazer 3.7 Adds Support For Many Newer Razer Devices On Linux

[yump]

I realized today how much of a joke openrazer is. All of those extra buttons on the mice? Ya... "OpenRazer" has nothing to do with them, why do you think it would? Razer could easily solve these problems perhaps even for free - but they don't care.

???

As far as I know the extra buttons are just extra buttons. You can just bind them to things, like you would with any key on your keyboard.

Why would you expect OpenRazer to have anything to do with them?

The joke is that it still requires an out-of-tree kernel module.

[deusexmachina]

I realized today how much of a joke openrazer is. All of those extra buttons on the mice? Ya... "OpenRazer" has nothing to do with them, why do you think it would? Razer could easily solve these problems perhaps even for free - but they don't care.

[yump]

The same multi-billion dollar company also cant spend any money putting quality parts in their hardware (i.e. switches!!)! They produce utter crap that works for about 5 - 6 months... just long enough for reviewers to give it top ratings for everything but quality!

They solved the switch issue in many recent mice by switching to optical instead of electrical-contact switches. Although (at least some) wireless mice like the orochi v2 don't use optical (for battery life reasons probably).

Some people have reported scroll wheel issues, but I have a 3 year old Viper Mini and it's still going strong.

I don't use OpenRazer because of the out of tree kernel module it requires.

[theriddick]

Does this allow 2 devices 1 dongle support yet (for configuring) like the windows software?

[Rovano]

I have been using a Logitech MX518 since 2008. Frantically. And it still works, only the paint has rubbed off somewhere and the front Teflon is starting to peel off. I don't know what to buy next. When I tried the new Logitech at a friend's place a few years ago, it was terrible and it stopped working after a while. But it's been a few years. Maybe they got better again. But who has time to try?

My other cheap mice were gone within a few months. Except for the Microsoft ball. It was also a holder until the cable twisted.

[Daktyl198]

OpenRazer makes razer hardware worth using. Their Windows software is so bad.

[zexelon]

Not trying to offend you or anything but, perhaps you just purchased a cheap and low cost-build device.

I own a HUNTSMAN V2 TKL (1 year of use now) + a Viper Ultimate Cyberpunk edition (1.2 year of use now) and both continue to work just fine after countless hours of MW2/Warzone 2. Actually, 497.4 hours according to Steam.

Their high end stuff is usually well built.

Hopefully one day Linux market reaches 10%+ for them to build an official Synapse client. Maybe Chrome OS Gaming Laptops will push more gaming companies into Linux... 🙂

No offence taken!

My experience was two Razer Naga's bought at different times, both had the left mouse button's fail after 6-8 months usage.

I have had the same thing happen on a Logitech 602 mouse but that was after 2.5 years.

Right now I have the SteelSeries Aerox 9 and its so far holding up.

[tildearrow]

Not trying to offend you or anything but, perhaps you just purchased a cheap and low cost-build device.

I own a HUNTSMAN V2 TKL (1 year of use now) + a Viper Ultimate Cyberpunk edition (1.2 year of use now) and both continue to work just fine after countless hours of MW2/Warzone 2. Actually, 497.4 hours according to Steam.

Their high end stuff is usually well built.

Hopefully one day Linux market reaches 10%+ for them to build an official Synapse client. Maybe Chrome OS Gaming Laptops will push more gaming companies into Linux... 🙂

Sure.

Mamba stopped tracking after 2.5 years of use.
Lancehead TE scroll wheel glitchy after 2 years of use.
Two Hammerhead earphones that failed after one year.
BlackWidow Chroma with key repeat issues after 1.5 years.

[carguello2]

The same multi-billion dollar company also cant spend any money putting quality parts in their hardware (i.e. switches!!)! They produce utter crap that works for about 5 - 6 months... just long enough for reviewers to give it top ratings for everything but quality!

Not trying to offend you or anything but, perhaps you just purchased a cheap and low cost-build device.

I own a HUNTSMAN V2 TKL (1 year of use now) + a Viper Ultimate Cyberpunk edition (1.2 year of use now) and both continue to work just fine after countless hours of MW2/Warzone 2. Actually, 497.4 hours according to Steam.

Their high end stuff is usually well built.

Hopefully one day Linux market reaches 10%+ for them to build an official Synapse client. Maybe Chrome OS Gaming Laptops will push more gaming companies into Linux... 🙂

[zexelon]

"Multi-billion dollar company can't afford to develop software for Linux. Gets help by unpaid volunteers"

The same multi-billion dollar company also cant spend any money putting quality parts in their hardware (i.e. switches!!)! They produce utter crap that works for about 5 - 6 months... just long enough for reviewers to give it top ratings for everything but quality!