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Re:Q3 Linux touchpad update: Multitouch gesture test package... by jandrese on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @08:25PM (#24704045)
That brings you back to the days when you have to compare model numbers on every piece of equipment you buy to see if it is compatible, and discovering all to often that the compatible version was last year's model and the one you can buy isn't supported.

Casting a wide net is necessary if you don't want just a niche audience.

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Re:Q3 Linux touchpad update: Multitouch gesture test package... by curt15 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @08:37PM (#24704115)
If one laptop vendor provides a particularly stellar experience, then it would gain in popularity and encourage others to compete.

A "jack of all trades, master of none" approach would only condemn everyone to mediocrity.

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Re:Q3 Linux touchpad update: Multitouch gesture test package... by jandrese on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @10:14PM (#24704667)
I think you're overestimating how much hardware manufacturers care about the Linux market.
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Re:Q3 Linux touchpad update: Multitouch gesture test package... by cmrdporcupine on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:18PM (#24704982)
All of this is just woefully overestimating how important the desktop market is to manufacturers at this point, Windows and Apple included.

Hardware manufacturers care a lot about the Linux market. But that Linux is Android, not desktop machines. Yes, the linux desktop segment is a tiny fragment of the market, but that market itself is shrinking and has been for almost a decade.

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Re:Q3 Linux touchpad update: Multitouch gesture test package... by m463 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @11:10PM (#24704950)
also, why create a linux driver when drivers for other OS's can have phone home/telemetry/postsales monetization/etc
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Re:Q3 Linux touchpad update: Multitouch gesture test package... by criddell on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @09:15AM (#24707816)
You have to start somewhere.

I'd argue that mediocre on most hardware and excellent on a few particular models is better than mediocre everywhere.

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