There may be more avenues left to try with your current hardware, before you make a choice: Check to makes sure you're running a distro with recent enough Xorg

There may be more avenues left to try with your current hardware, before you make a choice: Check to makes sure you're running a distro with recent enough Xorg/linux kernel (but not so bleeding edge stuff like libinput-gestures isn't supported). Also if you use integrated graphics, life may be easier since you can pick between Wayland and Xorg to find which DM supports inputs best in your case. Xorg drivers: https://github.com/p2rkw/xf86-input-mtrack https://github.com/p2rkw/xf86-input-mtrack libinput: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/index.html https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/index.ht... libinput-gestures: https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures (example: https://gist.github.com/SkyBehind/d664448838d065428eded7eb6d562d4b https://gist.github.com/SkyBehind/d664448838d065428eded7eb6d...) Gnome extension with some gesture edgecases: 3-finger swiping to different windows like macOS: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1253/extended-gestures/ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1253/extended-gesture... Also if you really like trackpads and want a consistent experience, you can get a logitech t650 / apple magic trackpad and share your configuration for libinput/etc. across machines. Edit: I reread and noticed you're trying to stay away from apple hardware. You could try logitech's trackpad, but apple magic trackpad may be better a la carte. If you did I'd recommend using via USB w/ bluetooth off to avert pairing headaches