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REAL Thinkpad users will only ever use the little red stick and disable the trackpad (just joking). But it‘s worth a try, takes a couple days to get used to fir
by pintxo 7y ago
REAL Thinkpad users will only ever use the little red stick and disable the trackpad (just joking). But it‘s worth a try, takes a couple days to get used to first.
- silon42 7y agoNot joking; I'd like to have a button/key to disable the touchpad that some gaming laptops have.
- pjmlp 7y agoReal Thinkpad user here, yep using that little red stick since 2006, when I got my first one. Really feels a bit weird on other laptops, although on those that have two finger gestures it is bearable, or I just end up plugging an external mouse.
- ptah 7y agoyou mean the nipple?
- stilley2 7y agoAs always, there's a relevant xkcd https://xkcd.com/243/ https://xkcd.com/243/
- jack_pp 7y agoThinkpad user here, on Linux, with disabled trackpad. Vim and i3 make it almost useless
- pintxo 7y agoPositive side-effect of a disabled trackpad, everyone trying to show you something on your Thinkpad by taking command will quickly stop it once they have no control over the mouse.
- kenbolton 7y agoAsk for consent before touching! The first time gets a warning, the second gets a gentle slap of the hand and a final warning, while the third attempt, well, after that, I will find places to work that aren't around you.
- robrtsql 7y agoThey'd also probably stop when they saw you were running i3 and couldn't figure out how to pull up a web browser.