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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: progress and a call for help by coldtea on Monday March 25, 2019 @03:26PM (#19485910)
>I've never tried Linux on a MacBook, but those must be some really bad drivers.

Or a really bad trackpad. It's not just the drivers.

>I used my trackpoint on the same size/difficulty settings and scored 160.

Still nowhere close to 250.

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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: progress and a call for help by seba_dos1 on Monday March 25, 2019 @03:50PM (#19486115)
I've scored 345 on my first try ever with xf86-input-synaptics and Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro.

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19486081

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Re:Linux touchpad like a Macbook: progress and a call for help by ggreer on Monday March 25, 2019 @04:01PM (#19486226)
> Still nowhere close to 250.

Right, but I was using a little nub on my keyboard. I don't expect it to be as good as a trackpad.

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