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The only issue I face with Linux on my Dell XPS 13 is the sub-par touchpad experience. If I use Ubuntu with XOrg, I don't have features like touch rejection wh

The only issue I face with Linux on my Dell XPS 13 is the sub-par touchpad experience. If I use Ubuntu with XOrg, I don't have features like touch rejection while typing etc. If I use Ubuntu with Wayland, my cursor is all over the place.

amarant 8y ago
I have similar issues I've found that disabling tap-to-click is the only option. Takes some getting used to actually pressing down the touchpad instead of tapping, but at least typing is now a deterministic experience.
davidbanham 8y ago
It's a bit of a pain that it doesn't work well out of the box, but the situation can be fixed with a little tuning of your xorg configuration file. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Using_the_driver.27s_automatic_palm_detection https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Usin...
- spacenick88 8y ago
  At least with KDE/Plasma most of this can actually be done in a UI. I'm an Arch Linux user myself and I haven't hand edited an Xorg configuration file in at least 3 years.
- majewsky 8y ago
  For reference, this is what I use on my notebook (Thinkpad E485): https://github.com/majewsky/system-configuration/blob/30dbd7c9e2ef0c66dd7eea398755706a3e05be8b/holodeck-traal.pkg.toml#L91-L106 https://github.com/majewsky/system-configuration/blob/30dbd7...
Jedd 8y ago
> If I use Ubuntu with XOrg, I don't have features like touch rejection while typing etc. I'm guessing that when you say "Ubuntu with XOrg" you're referring to a specific window manager? On Debian with Xorg my touchpad and touch screen are both easily toggleable with a keyboard shortcut, the touchpad automatically disables itself when I'm typing or when a mouse (bluetooth or logitech solaar) is detected.
paulie_a 8y ago
Weird, I find the Dell XPS 13 to have a superior click pad to everything else I've ever used. Including MBP
abrowne 8y ago
What version of Ubuntu? Libinput, the new touchpad driver, has had major improvements recently, but you only get the new version if you upgrade the system version.

amarant 8y ago

I have similar issues I've found that disabling tap-to-click is the only option. Takes some getting used to actually pressing down the touchpad instead of tapping, but at least typing is now a deterministic experience.

davidbanham 8y ago

It's a bit of a pain that it doesn't work well out of the box, but the situation can be fixed with a little tuning of your xorg configuration file. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Using_the_driver.27s_automatic_palm_detection https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Usin...

spacenick88 8y ago
At least with KDE/Plasma most of this can actually be done in a UI. I'm an Arch Linux user myself and I haven't hand edited an Xorg configuration file in at least 3 years.
majewsky 8y ago
For reference, this is what I use on my notebook (Thinkpad E485): https://github.com/majewsky/system-configuration/blob/30dbd7c9e2ef0c66dd7eea398755706a3e05be8b/holodeck-traal.pkg.toml#L91-L106 https://github.com/majewsky/system-configuration/blob/30dbd7...

Jedd 8y ago

> If I use Ubuntu with XOrg, I don't have features like touch rejection while typing etc. I'm guessing that when you say "Ubuntu with XOrg" you're referring to a specific window manager? On Debian with Xorg my touchpad and touch screen are both easily toggleable with a keyboard shortcut, the touchpad automatically disables itself when I'm typing or when a mouse (bluetooth or logitech solaar) is detected.

paulie_a 8y ago

Weird, I find the Dell XPS 13 to have a superior click pad to everything else I've ever used. Including MBP

abrowne 8y ago

What version of Ubuntu? Libinput, the new touchpad driver, has had major improvements recently, but you only get the new version if you upgrade the system version.