They should put a lot of money into improving the touchpad experience for Linux. I bet that for many people that is the last sticking point to moving from a Macbook.
Remember windows before the precision drivers? Linux touchpad stuff today is where windows was a decade ago. This is a fundamental portable use issue that has to be tweaked with each distro and machine.
Hand a Linux machine with a clean install to any non tech person and they will ask if your trackpad is broken. It is.