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by csydas 3317 days ago
Yes and no. Officially, Linux isn't supported, so Logitech could have just sent a link to the Supported Systems page and been done with it.

Instead, they sent documentation and got the Dev in touch with Logitech's internal dev team, and a Linux solution was born.

Would it have been cool if Logitech just did it from the get-go? Sure, but I think there is an element of "Cool" from Logitech's willingness to be a resource for the Linux community.

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I'm more happy with the way this turned out than even if Logitech just released a closed-source Linux updater.

Props to Logitech. The more info out there about a device, the more likely I am to buy it.

Yeah I wouldn't underestimate the documentation part. It's surprisingly hard to get documentation or any help at all much of the time from vendors.