Penguin T4 GNU/Linux Laptop (New Model)

Re:Penguin T4 GNU/Linux Laptop (New Model) by activiation on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:52PM (#36297905)

> only 2 mouse buttons but this is a Linux laptop: it must have 3. Maybe they can't find any company building 3 mouse buttons touchpads.

Isn't pushing 2 buttons at the same time on a 2-button mouse the same as pushing the third button on a 3 button mouse?

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Re:Penguin T4 GNU/Linux Laptop (New Model) by unwind on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:12PM (#36298279)

Yes but that is a very limited third button. You cannot do chording (e.g. left+middle buttons together) using that approach. Some specialized applications use chording.

Edit: spelling because phone.

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Re:Penguin T4 GNU/Linux Laptop (New Model) by activiation on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:46PM (#36298932)

Just curious, which popular app use that?

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Re:Penguin T4 GNU/Linux Laptop (New Model) by arp242 on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:18PM (#36298373)

Yeah but half the time I get it wrong and accidentally left or right click when I intended to middle click.

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