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From using Linux on my MacBook, I remember poor palm rejection being one frustration. Also, I think multi-touch - such as scrolling with two fingers - didn't work.

Just all round it wasn't very pleasant to work with. Perhaps if you have been using trackpads on Linux all your life, you are used to moving your hands away from the trackpad when not in use -- and so accidental presses are maybe never an issue for you.

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I've only ever used a MB once or twice; usually little more than trolling someone who's left their machine unlocked in the office, but I did find the touchpad intuitive.

As an exclusively Linux user, my only real issue with touch pads is palm rejection, I feel like it has never worked so I end up in all sorts of awkward hand positions trying not to tap it by accident.

As a 6ft4in male (with the large hands to go with it) it becomes painful when trying to do this for any period on my XPS 13. On the XPS 15 it's easier because there are large enough spaces either side of the touchpad to rest my palms.

I have repetitive strain injuries, so I simply cannot use Linux. The way I have to twist my wrists so the touchpad doesn’t mistakenly register a palm print is obnoxious and pain inducing.

It sounds to me like the Linux macbook drivers are worse than the drivers for other hardware. Which is a problem, but on the other hand I don't see a reason anyone would buy Apple's overpriced hardware and put up with glued-in batteries, soldered on SSDs, display cables that disconnect if you open the screen too much, crappy keyboards, thermal throttling, etc., if they weren't married to Mac OS.

Plus, with how the T2 chip is going you might not even be able to boot Linux on a Macbook in a few years.

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