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>None of the non-Macbook trackpads are great. There's a project that's working on a good Linux trackpad driver but it's far in the future. Don't bank on it in t
by emptysongglass 6y ago
>None of the non-Macbook trackpads are great. There's a project that's working on a good Linux trackpad driver but it's far in the future. Don't bank on it in the short-term.
My Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition trackpad is great. I really don't think you can apply this kind of blanket statement to all non-Macbook trackpads.
- rsa25519 6y agoAgreed. My XPS 13 also has a 1080p Matte display, and I love it more than my old MBP's Retina display. I know the GP's post is grammatically phrased as an opinion, but I think a lot of its points are more preference-based than implied
- bauerd 6y agoIt's obviously a question of preference but Linux trackpad drivers (eg libinput) are less capable than Apple's in terms of gesture/palm detection etc.
- AsyncAwait 6y agoI haven't noticed much of a difference when using a Mac trackpad, but I am not much of a gesture user, so that's probably why. Linux UIs tend to encourage much heavier use of keyboard shortcuts, which in some sense makes up for it.
- seba_dos1 6y agoDrivers are (usually) fine these days, it's the higher parts of the stack (toolkits, DEs and applications) that have neglected their touchpad driver support on GNU/Linux.
- gentleman11 6y agoI have to disagree. I used to have a MacBook and the XPs 13s keyboard and mouse are not very enjoyable to use. They are fine, but I have considered getting a new computer for the last year because of it