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Same, really not a fan of the dumbed-down Apple look laptops are heading in. Look to old school Thinkpads if you want "Linux-friendly" inspiration.

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I just don't understand how everyone but me seems to just be okay with not knowing where left click stops and right click starts. They're just fine with having the pointer jiggle around whenever they click because their thumb doesn't stay perfectly centered while pressing down.

How do people live like this?

it's not hard, here's how i do it on a laptop w/gnome:

left click -> entire trackpad

right click -> 2 fingers entire trackpad or control + entire trackpad

Try the "two fingers for right" with the [Alt] modifier to resize a window... Mine will simulate the mouse wheel instead.

Tap to click. No one actually physically clicks the corner of the touchpad.

I physically click the corner of the touchpad (or 2 finger click).

So when you're mousing you hover your thumb over the pad? That's not tiring?

At least for me - I don't really use my thumb at all unless I'm trying to click and drag.

I click with the fingers doing the navigation, by simply raising and lowering them real fast.

If I'm clicking and dragging, I'll leave my pointer finger on the pad and raise and lower my thumb (it rests on the pad by default).

Don't get me wrong - I still much prefer a physical mouse, but if I have to use a touchpad I don't want to have to guess at where a button or scrollbar might be.

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