Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing?

Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by chx on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:26AM (#17547952)

The Dell ones are vastly inferior to the ThinkPad ones. While I do not know the ones in the 20, the last ten or so years I worked solely with TrackPoint first under Linux now under Windows 10. Under Windows 10, there's a Mouse tab in Control Panel, there's a sensitivity slider and I found it's best to have it just one notch below fastest. The default makes me feel I am wrestling with my laptop.

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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by lokedhs on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:53AM (#17548044)

I see. I haven't tried the Thinkpads since before they were sold to Lenovo, so perhaps they are superior.

I am in the market for a new laptop, so perhaps I should give them a chance. Not really for the pointers, but they do seem to be fine laptops overall.

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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by Rovanion on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @04:23AM (#17548168)

Yeah. I got a Dell for my day job and unfortunately the nipple is entirely unusable. I miss my ThinkPad :/

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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by tie_ on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @04:52AM (#17548278)

Same here. I had big hopes for Dell's nipple, but it's hardly usable and I tend to prefer the touchpad.

On my own Lenovo, I use the nipple exclusively, and touchpad is disabled completely. I had played Quake vs other human players with the nipple and won, and I find it vastly superior to any kind of touchpad.

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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by 738472527784 on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:13AM (#17549854)

Can confirm. Dell's nipples are unusable. Nothing like the Thinkpad ones.

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