To make your extra mouse buttons work on Linux Mint (I’ve tested it with v15) follow all the steps listed in this tutorial except the step 4 🙂
Once you get to step 4, use this key mappings to make the ‘zoom’ and ‘switch between windows’ buttons work as on windows.
vi $HOME/.xbindkeysrc ... # show all windows: Scale "xte 'keydown Control_L' 'keydown Alt_L' 'key Down' 'keyup Control_L' 'keyup Alt_L'" b:10 + release # Zooming with Logitech Performance MX mouse # thx to: http://www.ralf-oechsner.de/opensource/page/logitech_performance_mx # Press 'zoom' button and scroll up/down to zoom in/out # then press the 'zoom' button again to exit from the 'zoom' mode "xte 'keydown Control_L' &" b:13 "xte 'keyup Control_L' &" Control + b:13
I hope that you’ll like Mint even more from now on 🙂