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1. tentac+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-12-16 19:11:19
> but Windows is considerably better on laptops.

I'll concede that if you're talking about the trackpad, Linux is disappointingly bad compared to Windows. It's really really shaky, scrolls up and down with a shockingly massive jitter. You start to wonder if the trackpad itself is malfunctioning. Sadly, the same trackpad works so much better on Windows.

This is mainly about the pointer / trackpad drivers to be fair, but it's still a freestanding issue that has the potential to really bug someone using Linux on a laptop. It gets so bad I have to carry around a mouse.

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2. stjohn+H4[view] [source] 2021-12-16 19:35:20
>>tentac+(OP)
Yeah some drivers are still garbage. My asus laptop works great with trackpad but my dell not so much (it's an older laptop)
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3. tentac+m8[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-12-16 19:50:14
>>stjohn+H4
No shit! My laptop is a nearly 9 year old Dell Latitude. Haven't tried the ASUS trackpads, but IIRC it was quite smooth on an old Windows 8 netbook I had. Really miss that thing.
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