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> You get the entire GNU/Linux desktop for free, so you aren't in a position to complain. I would buy that argument if we were talking about some new technolog
by acabal 6y ago
> You get the entire GNU/Linux desktop for free, so you aren't in a position to complain.
I would buy that argument if we were talking about some new technology that still has some warts. But we're talking about trackpads here. Technology deployed on the scale of billions of units over many decades. At some point users must demand a basic standard of quality for technology that is not only old, but ubiquitous. If libinput shipped a version that randomly duplicated keystrokes on a keyboard, I'd be the one on the hook to fix it and I'm not allowed to complain because it's free? Really?
> This isn't kernel development.
This perfectly illustrates my point. My day job is not in this sector and I don't even know the right place to start looking. And I'm supposed to fix this in just a day, like any old amateur student supposedly could, otherwise it's my fault? Give me a break.
Edit: In this very thread we have one user who submitted a kernel patch that possibly might solve this (but who knows), and another user who points to a year-old libinput bug that possibly might be what I'm talking about (but who knows). Not even the experts agree on where the problem even lies, but I'm supposed to fix it in a day. OK, right.