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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by madeofpalk on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @07:19AM (#17548837)
> As I understand it, the competition is barred from making similar touchpads due to patents

I'm unwilling to believe that Apple discovered the one and only way to make good Trackpad hardware.

Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by IshKebab on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @08:08AM (#17549088)
Have you used an Apple trackpad though? Because they genuinely are light years ahead of the competition. Why wouldn't they patent everything around that?
Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by collyw on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @09:37AM (#17549616)
What do they do that is different? I had a Mac from 2013 with Ubuntu installed. I didn't notice anything different other than a lack of way to emulate a third button.
Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by syspec on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @10:52AM (#17550080)
this whole thread is about getting the MacOS feel in linux when on mac hardeare becsuse it is not as good when hsed on linux.

so what you tried is what this thread is trying to fix

Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by collyw on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @03:30PM (#17552438)
So what is different? You still didn't answer that. Every time I tried a mac the scroll was upside down and it annoyed me. Now windows seems to have adopted that.
Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by maggit on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @07:41AM (#17548947)
I agree, which I why I specifically said "similar" rather than "as good" or "better". I'm not impressed by competing touchpads.
Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: goal worth pursuing? by opportune on Tuesday July 17, 2018 @07:32AM (#17548897)
less "one and only", more "holy shit they have good lawyers and will ruin me if they want to and think they can"