Logitech’s G HUB and Logi Options+ software stopped working, leaving users who relied on it for managing their mice and keyboards high and dry.
So glad I use the dongle and only need the basic default “features” it comes with. I never understood the need to have “smart” devices everywhere for all kinds of functionality seemingly beyond what the product is meant for. MVP for the most part with hardware peripherals is more than enough (for me at least).
Even then, there’s been vulnerabilities in these accessories that allowed for arbitrary inputs and essentially a full device takeover. So you need the software just to have a secure device. It’s really annoying. On mobile it’s not so bad since everything is sandboxed, but desktop is another story. For now it’s probably best to stick with either wired accessories or first party ones that get automatic updates from the OS.
On Mac, I simply use Bluetooth to connect. On Linux I use the dongle. It’s always worked find and I also honestly supposed its as secure it can be especially when I have never connected it to the app.
Sweet. Then macOS users are getting the Linux experience that I’ve been dealing with.
Logitech hates Linux and I hate Logitech, but their hardware is pretty damn good.
Is there another alternative company making decent computer peripherals? I always seem to go to Logitech for my needs here.
I’m the wrong person to ask as I’ve been stuck on Logitech for too long and I hate everything else that I’ve tried.
My only requirements are that it must be wireless (RF-only and absolutely no BT), light and the keyboard must be backlit.
Which Logitech product are you using then? I can’t think of one they make that meet these requirements.
I use G PRO X Superlight 2 + G PRO X TKL. OK, I guess the keyboard is technically not “light”, which is my biggest problem with it. I like that it’s full sized (don’t like having too few keys), mechanical, has great backlighting and pretty good battery life. It’s expensive, but I’m a techy so it’s justified for me.
I use and recommend Logitech Bolt peripherals.
Logi Bolt Wireless Technology - Security & Performance | Logitech CA
Logi Bolt is a cutting-edge wireless protocol, engineered to meet rising enterprise security expectations. It combines Bluetooth® Low Energy wireless technology Security Mode 1, Security Level 4 - sometimes called U.S. Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)1U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 (FIPS) is a cryptography standard recognized by the Canadian government and the European Union. Mode - with additional Logitech security features designed to reduce vulnerability when devices are paired to a Logi Bolt USB receiver.
They also implement rollback protection for security updates which is basically unheard of from my research.
Totally forgot about that I wish I gave it a mention in the article.
This is what I meant by dongle and how I use mine. Isn’t that the generic name? Yes, those Bolt devices are great and very reliable.
The had earlier ones that were very insecure. The new bolt ones are much better.
Time to warm up the 3D printer and print your own mouse! :3
Too much hassle. Would rather go touch grass or open a real book. But sure.. DIY is always an option.
Was mostly a joke.
Sorry, heard Cyberpunk 2077 music’s in the background for a moment. 
I never had issues with my Logitech mice on Linux (I also use a G Pro X). I no longer use their keyboards (I went custom a while back and haven’t looked back), but their wired keyboards worked just fine too.
I don’t either, but it’s stupid that they refuse to release their software on Linux, so we’re forced to use third party apps like solaar to get a part of the functionality or if we want to do things like figure out how much charge their hardware has left. This is given that you don’t connect via bluetooth which I don’t.
There are a lot of things like that yes, even for hardware stuff like a Rodecaster Pro that just needs SOOOO much work to get right on Linux, just not worth the time investment honestly.
I gave up and use MacOS for some tasks because of that friction.
Most of the time Linux is perfectly fine but for some kind of jobs (design, video creation/editing) it is just awful..
I actually get to see how much charge is left even with that Bolt dongle I use without Bluetooth. FYI.
On Fedora and Pop at least. I don’t know which distro you use.