Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver

Get a 2015 MBP instead. They have a force touch touchpad yet not the larger ones, not the broken keyboard, still work decent, are cheaper (some 2nd hand in good state provided you don't search for exotic hardware combinations), don't have touchbar, still have magsafe (though you can make USB-C magnetic). I have a 15" MBP2015 and a 13" MBP2014 (the 13" MBP2015 would've been a better choice). I love them both. Only downside is the coating, and they're getting a bit aged. Apple even warn that the screen on MBP2016 and later can get damaged from debris on the keybaord, especially with keyboard protector enabled. My MBP2010 has been mistreated badly with debris and did not ever suffer from this. The MBP2014/2015 have it slightly more difficult already. If you fancy the newer series, the 2018 versions don't suffer from the keyboard getting stuc

They are a driver: a kernel module. You could've just used DKMS and use the kernel module in 4.18 and such [1] (unless you run Fedora who have the driver baked in the kernel; then you gotta recompile your own kernel...). Heck, you could've used the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 on previous kernels. It's just that the multitouch wouldn't work. Which is the great thing about the device. FWIW, the device doesn't work out of the box with Windows either. [1] https://github.com/robotrovsky/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver

https://github.com/robotrovsky/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver It appears that the author has upstreamed his work and the module will be available with one of the next Linux Kernel Releases.

Dig through https://github.com/robotrovsky/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver and make sure you install `mtrack` I found that I had to modify the 50-mtrack.conf and also the 90-magictrackpad.conf to get the two-finger tap for context menus. There's probably a better overall configuration, but I'm still fresh to this specific thing. When I get back to that system I can post some more detailed information.

Although it doesn't specifically mention it, this kernel supports Apple's Magic Trackpad 2, which is a real blessing. Original source: https://github.com/robotrovsky/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver I've been using this since last night, and with some tweaking, it works really well.

> I'd develop for the MacBook Pro 2014, because that's my hardware. Only one Linux distro (probably Ubuntu). While I haven't used desktop linux as a host os in years, but I agree on the sentiment that the macbook trackpad is easier/probably implemented well already. Years ago, I spent a bit of time bootstrapping thimblemac.com which involved hacking around and using privateframeworks for the trackpad. Much of the work in that space is seemingly based off of code from back in 2009 - http://blog.sendapatch.se/2009/november/multitouch-on-unibod... , and from searching github just now staring briefly at https://github.com/robotrovsky/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver it looks like they've gotten things implemented fairly well. Between being more interested in surface-like tablets and watching the diy keyboard community's growth, I wonder how hard