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Magic Mouse Linux Compatibility?

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Has anyone tried the new Magic Mouse with linux? I've heard it works as a two-button mouse in linux, but I'm curious if anyone can confirm that scrolling or gestures are supported.

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This is the most useful thing I've found so far: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3039 I'm really looking from someone who actually has one of these and is actively using it with Windows or Linux to tell me more about the user experience.

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I got one of these for Christmas, so I can confirm that it works on linux.

It looks like someone is working on a linux driver, but it's in the very early stages of development. They're hosting it on github: http://github.com/cosmonaut/xf86-input-magicmouse

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Not 100% sure about Linux but I know that the only function on windows OSs is the right click you mentioned. The multi-touch features will not work. It has been suggested around the super information highway that Apple may be releasing Windows drivers for them, but I don't know about Linux. It still has a particularly low market share

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the right and left click should work, but the multitouch feature won't work without a driver, depending on which type of linux, it might already have a multitouch driver in the os.

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