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vladvasiliu 16 hours ago

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.

JodieBenitez 14 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.

aorth 14 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.

JodieBenitez 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Interesting. Are multi-touch gestures supported ?

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

vladvasiliu 12 hours 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