• @vala
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    141 month ago

    Should they really though?

    Been daily driving Linux for 15+ years now.

    I recently got a computer that officially supports Linux (framework 13). Running Fedora, an officially supported distro.

    Had to literally compile C code just to change my touchpad scroll speed.

    I love Linux and it’s improved a LOT over the years but there are still things that IMO make it not quite ready for average consumers.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      That is most likely not a linux issue, but a driver issue, if the driver was as bad on windows as it is on Linux, you would need to do the same to achieve that with that hardware. 🤔

      Or, if handled by window manager, it may be, that there are different implementations for different managers, and yours happened to not support scroll speed change🤔

      To be fair, most common user do not change scroll speed.

      But I agree, most will just continue using unsafe windows 10

      • @[email protected]
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        61 month ago

        To the user it’s an OS issue. Manufacturers don’t provide good driver support for Linux. They treat windows as the only first class citizen so there is no need to change the default speed or config on windows.

        • @[email protected]
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          -11 month ago

          😆”there is no need to change default speed”.

          You know, there is not a globally agreed “perfect” scrolling speed, even if driver is better for windows.

          But the better driver on windows maybe allows changing scroll speed after all.

          I guess not, changing scroll speed does not work on a lot of touchpads, even on windows.

      • @vala
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        11 month ago

        The issue is with libinput so kinda but it’s a “Linux” issue for sure.

      • Echo Dot
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        11 month ago

        It’s cute that you think that makes a difference it’s not a problem on Windows which is all consumers will care about.

    • @mrvictory1
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      01 month ago

      Had to literally compile C code just to change my touchpad scroll speed.

      I can change that by moving a slider in KDE Plasma System Settings

      • @vala
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        1 month ago

        Basically every other DE aside from KDE Plasma doesn’t support this for whatever reason.