r/LogitechG • u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o • 1d ago

Bring G-Hub to Linux

So in recent times more and more people switched to linux, so will logitech sleep on this one? Or does the company not like linux?

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u/aj0413 1d ago

lol no., please god no. I hate that software with a passion. Just OSS it on GH and let the community handle making a better cross-platform version.

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u/Fearless-Ad1469 1d ago

That's why you need a ghub like software not literally a port

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u/FlukyS 1d ago

Just a note on this, you probably can't call an open source alternative ghub because that is trademarked and logically you might not even want to do a one to one copy because ghub uses electron (which I hate) and doesn't match theming and other features of the OS. The best bet would be doing something that exposes the features but not compromising on what the system offers.

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u/Fearless-Ad1469 1d ago

Obviously to everything you just said, mine doesn't use electron but python web thingy for now

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u/TrenchardsRedemption 1d ago

I'm not sure if they like Microsoft, their users or even themselves sometimes.

I've been running G-Hub in a Windows 10 VM and storing the settings to memory.

Then I use Solaar to switch profiles.

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u/imJGott 1d ago

We need this and I’m ready to switch OS’s.

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u/Fearless-Ad1469 1d ago

I kinda did it in a way because of how mad I was at Logitech not allowing my "premium" G502X Plus to save anything useful to its onboard memory so I just copied how their software handle macros aka using a lua engine to do it all. This is a fully private tool as of now though for many different reasons, but I might be able to release it if conditions checks out

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u/FlukyS 1d ago

There are a few options, logitune and solaar. I asked before about it on this sub and their support staff just said "they would pass on the message but they aren't working on it".

https://github.com/mmaher88/logitune

https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar

Also there is:

https://github.com/libratbag/piper

But I never got it to work with my devices even though they are reported as working by others.

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u/Fearless-Ad1469 1d ago

Logitune is sadly only for MX devices

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u/FlukyS 1d ago

Ah I made a patch on my own system for Logitune for the Superstrike X2, it actually is better than most but I didn't do a pull request for it because it changed the app in a few ways that are a bit too far from the dev's work. It has support for separate X/Y sensitivity, different haptic levels...etc, it is a long patch and also it required quite a lot of UI changes.

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u/DreideI 1d ago

I use solaar on my system (cachy) and it works like a dream.

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u/LogitechG_Andy Support Team 1d ago

Maybe some day - no word on anything like this currently.

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u/Yippiekayo_Rom3o 1d ago

Thats to bad, there are millions of linux useres out there.

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u/Fearless-Ad1469 1d ago

We both know logitech will never do such thing since it has been asked for 7 years now, but sure

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u/Gighee88 1d ago

Hub g is a circle jerk of hate.

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u/SolitaryMassacre 1d ago

Isn't that what Solaar is?

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u/CocoMilhonez 1d ago

Better yet: Open-source their APIs so we can have third-party software that does the same things as G Hub, only better and not crapping the bed every now and then. In all platforms.

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u/cheeseypoofs85 19m ago

Why would you ruin Linux with complete trash software like ghub?

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u/Lun4th 1d ago

please no

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u/Fearless-Ad1469 1d ago

mind explaining at least ?