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I'd ditch a mouse sooner then I'd go back to windows.
The mouse not working is likely because the mouse isn't using standard driver software and is likely expecting the manufacturers spyware to be installed.
As a novice in Linux. If you have a gaming mouse from a big brand like say Razer/Logitech etc. and you want software for those that exists and works pretty straightforward. From my experience. Literally using a razer mouse on mint right now with software that lets me see my battery level and set the dpi of the mouse.
Nah, it's just a Mad Katz piece of shit that uses non-standard button mappings that Windows (and apparently Wine) can pick up without issues or additional drivers:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mad_Catz_Mouse
Mad Catz, maker of the worst controllers on earth twenty years ago, still exists?
They did when this clown was shopping for a gaming mouse