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The only issue I face with Linux on my Dell XPS 13 is the sub-par touchpad experience.

If I use Ubuntu with XOrg, I don't have features like touch rejection while typing etc.

If I use Ubuntu with Wayland, my cursor is all over the place.

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> If I use Ubuntu with XOrg, I don't have features like touch rejection while typing etc.

I'm guessing that when you say "Ubuntu with XOrg" you're referring to a specific window manager?

On Debian with Xorg my touchpad and touch screen are both easily toggleable with a keyboard shortcut, the touchpad automatically disables itself when I'm typing or when a mouse (bluetooth or logitech solaar) is detected.

It's a bit of a pain that it doesn't work well out of the box, but the situation can be fixed with a little tuning of your xorg configuration file.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Touchpad_Synaptics#Usin...

At least with KDE/Plasma most of this can actually be done in a UI. I'm an Arch Linux user myself and I haven't hand edited an Xorg configuration file in at least 3 years.

For reference, this is what I use on my notebook (Thinkpad E485): https://github.com/majewsky/system-configuration/blob/30dbd7...

I have similar issues I've found that disabling tap-to-click is the only option. Takes some getting used to actually pressing down the touchpad instead of tapping, but at least typing is now a deterministic experience.

What version of Ubuntu? Libinput, the new touchpad driver, has had major improvements recently, but you only get the new version if you upgrade the system version.

Weird, I find the Dell XPS 13 to have a superior click pad to everything else I've ever used. Including MBP

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