Apple trackpads are so good that I prefer that over a full mouse for work

Since I switched to a macbook from a (proper) thinkpad I just carry a trackball with me when I expect to do longer stuff that requires mousing - the track pad isn't bad, but gets annoying over time. That also finalized my switch away from mice - before that I had both a mouse and a trackball on my desk, and while I still have that I can't remember when I last touched the mouse.

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JodieBenitez 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I actually looked for a desktop trackpad for my desktop pc that is on par with my macbook trackpad. Didn't find one available.

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vladvasiliu 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Apple sells an external trackpad. But AFAIK it requires the computer to have Bluetooth. Not sure how well it works with a non-apple os, though.

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JodieBenitez 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I suspect it does not work well outside Apple world. And that's kind of the thing with "I want Apple hardware but with Linux software": Software is actually important in the user experience with the hardware.

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aorth 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The Apple Magic TrackPad works well on Linux, both via Bluetooth and USB-C. I used one for a few years.

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JodieBenitez 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Interesting. Are multi-touch gestures supported ?

(like these: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102482 )

	▲	vladvasiliu 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I don't know about the magic trackpad specifically, but on my HP Elitebook I can use gestures. I'm running i3 and it doesn't support much out of the box, but I was able to configure stuff using libinput-gestures. More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Libinput#Gestures