Rival 5

SteelSeries

Rival 5

51.3/100
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My journey to Linux/Bazzite isn't a breeze but frustrating

Bazzite OS is a Linux OS tailored to video gaming. It is an immutable OS. Trying to do things outside of gaming may cause some grief. With gaming, Steam is preinstalled and works really well. Wireless controllers have issues I've noticed from my experience trying to get my DS4 controller wireless. I

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DirtySpawn in r/Bazzite

March 14, 2026 at 9:39 PM

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Thank you, ArenaNET and SteamDeck. I broke my arm and am in the hospital. I love the controls. You can play the entire game using just the mouse. That saved my days.

I agree with the power of an MMO mouse but I have to big up the SteelSeries Aerox or Rival 5, which has a still respectable 5 side buttons (including a cool flick up/down button I use for jumping/dodging respectively) but is light-weight and fast and the buttons aren't fiddly. I find it is the perfe

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CapnBree in r/Guildwars2

January 31, 2026 at 10:02 PM

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?Need help. Can't swipe mouse where I want and my micro adjustments suck , esp tracking micro

What mouse are you using? I am not sure if you are having pains in your hand or it a frustration tick after a death. I ask as your hands look quite long, as a long time gamer that has Marfan Syndrome (which comes with arachnodactyly) I struggled for years with pains in my hands as smaller mouse mode

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JonnyBlaze92 in r/FPSAimTrainer

November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM

1

Needed a cleaner solution for the wire on my space-mouse switch

Have you tried one? I’m running a SteelSeries Rival 5 which is what I’d consider a very ‘mild’ gaming mouse and it’s made life in Microstation immeasurably more comfortable. That being said if you’ve already evolved to SpaceMouse, it might be redundant. Carry on!

dsnineteen in r/functionalprint

March 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM

1

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