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Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by BiteCode_dev »

trombonechamp wrote: post #13
phoe-krk wrote: post #2

> There's currently a gaping chasm between the 35 sponsors who have supported the project on GitHub so far (thank you!!!) and the 309 poll respondents who indicated they would donate to this cause.

The poll respondents did not indicate they would be willing to donate to the cause. They indicated they would be willing to donate to "fix it". There is a very big difference between paying to fix a problem and paying for a stranger to work on a project that may end up fixing the problem one day.

Honestly at this point I wouldn't care. Give me a kickstarter link with a the poll author as the champion, and I would insta send money.

I can afford a few bucks to help somebody to attempt to solve the problem. I'm even ok with failure as long as it's an honest attempt.

Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by Answerawake »

edjrage wrote: post #6
eth0up wrote: post #4

Perhaps the only thing other than a certain leviathan that I loathe in Linux, is the touchpad. I have butchered laptops as a result of touchpad induced madness. I've tried synclient and other tweaks to no sufferable avail. My present laptop has the touchpad removed by pliers. I used the term "madness" sincerely. I think the present situation might be eligible for a place in the wiki for Unethical Human Experimentatio…

If a touchpad does this much to you I'm sorry to inform you may have a more serious problem than the touchpad. Sleep, diet, exercise, and meditation.

For people that are highly invested in their work, the computer is more than just a tool, it is an extension of themselves as it is their link to their deep-seated passion. I feel for the author as I have had to deal with terrible technology hampering me at bad moments as well. I wonder what is preventing them from trying something like a Mac. I have three computers under my desk (Windows, Mac, and Linux) and I always find Mac to be the least bad experience(although all three are regressing in my opinion).

Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by rkangel »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #11
phoe-krk wrote: post #2

> There's currently a gaping chasm between the 35 sponsors who have supported the project on GitHub so far (thank you!!!) and the 309 poll respondents who indicated they would donate to this cause.

I answered the poll, and said I would pay $50 for this, but never received any follow up (and I think I provided my email, I usually do in polls if they give the option). Now I just realized that there is a github sponsor link, but it's recurring. I don't want recurring. I want to send $50 once.

I am in exactly the same position. Happy to donate $100 once, but mot happy to sign up to a recurring subscription.

Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by bArray »

ghostpepper wrote: post #9

Off topic but did anyone else notice that this entire blog post is actually hosted on a site called amplenote? With uMatrix enabled, the wordpress blog just shows an empty post with a broken iframe. Is this a common architecture? What's the purpose?

On my system the iframe is really small but the content is in there. I've seen a bunch of sites doing this recently and it's quite annoying.

Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by ghostpepper »

Answerawake wrote: post #22
edjrage wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If a touchpad does this much to you I'm sorry to inform you may have a more serious problem than the touchpad. Sleep, diet, exercise, and meditation.

For people that are highly invested in their work, the computer is more than just a tool, it is an extension of themselves as it is their link to their deep-seated passion. I feel for the author as I have had to deal with terrible technology hampering me at bad moments as well. I wonder what is preventing them from trying something like a Mac. I have three computers under my desk (Windows, Mac, and Linux) and I alway…

I also spend many hours per day on the computer, both for work and leisure, and for this reason I have invested money and time finding high quality: chair, desk, monitors, headphones, mouse and keyboard.

I understand that not everyone has the luxury of space for a full WFH setup but I can't imagine doing 8-10 hours per day with only a 14" laptop at the kitchen table. This is why, for me, a Mac quality trackpad experience on Linux is closer than a nice-to-have than a necessity.

Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by boudin »

ghostpepper wrote: post #9

Off topic but did anyone else notice that this entire blog post is actually hosted on a site called amplenote? With uMatrix enabled, the wordpress blog just shows an empty post with a broken iframe. Is this a common architecture? What's the purpose?

My guess would be that it allows the author to push notes from his note taking software to his blog directly.

Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by ghostpepper »

bArray wrote: post #24
ghostpepper wrote: post #9

Off topic but did anyone else notice that this entire blog post is actually hosted on a site called amplenote? With uMatrix enabled, the wordpress blog just shows an empty post with a broken iframe. Is this a common architecture? What's the purpose?

On my system the iframe is really small but the content is in there. I've seen a bunch of sites doing this recently and it's quite annoying.

Just to be clear my settings deliberately block iframes by default until I allow them. I just thought it was odd that the whole Wordpress blog is literally window dressing.

Re: Linux touchpad: preliminary project funding, survey results

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Post by forbiddenlake »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #11
phoe-krk wrote: post #2

> There's currently a gaping chasm between the 35 sponsors who have supported the project on GitHub so far (thank you!!!) and the 309 poll respondents who indicated they would donate to this cause.

I answered the poll, and said I would pay $50 for this, but never received any follow up (and I think I provided my email, I usually do in polls if they give the option). Now I just realized that there is a github sponsor link, but it's recurring. I don't want recurring. I want to send $50 once.

You can sign up, pay once, then cancel.
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