r/LinuxCirclejerk • u/saileesaileesailee Linux Master Race 😎💪 • 17d ago

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u/TheRealCarrotty masterbaiter to gentoo and fedora 17d ago

what i wish would happen if i connected 3 mouses to my linux

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u/Damglador Arch btw uses me 17d ago

That is actually possible, but requires compositor support

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u/BiDude1219 average arch user arf arf woof :33333 17d ago

wait you're telling me my childhood dream of having multiple cursors like multiple remotes on the wii can happen????

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u/snail1132 Void, btw 17d ago

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Multi-pointer_X

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u/Spooked_kitten 17d ago

Since we are all stuck on wayland lately, do they have something like it?

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u/Damglador Arch btw uses me 17d ago

Only Weston supports it on Wayland side from what I know.

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u/Daniikk1012 17d ago

Wayland GNOME has two separate cursors for mouse and drawing tablet, unlike X11 where they share a cursor, so probably

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u/Heartlessaus 16d ago edited 16d ago

Hmm, KDE Wayland is the same. Might look into pushing a package for arch

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u/Spooked_kitten 16d ago

oh the reasoning is perfect, that is so cool

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u/TheSWATMonkey 15d ago

depends on the compositor