**edit: I said wireless when I was actually just thinking external my b
I use Gnome as my main DE and I really like the touch gestures for my workflow, having a wireless trackpad would be really nice.
I’ve done some research before and seen that most wireless trackpads seem to work just fine with Linux, like the apple magic trackpad and an older out of production one from Logitech. But it doesn’t seem that wireless trackpads are super common so I wanted to ask if there were any others anyone could suggest?
I also had the thought that maybe I could make my own by buying a spare trackpad module from Framework but I don’t know how feasible that would actually be. I’ve never done anything like that but it seems like it could hypothetically be possible.
I read about this a while ago. Don’t know how good it is but it was something I’ve been wanting to look into.
I use an Apple Magic Trackpad on KDE and it works great. My only problem is that customizing the touch gestures is not well supported. Unsure if it’s any better on Gnome or COSMIC Desktop.
I don’t know anything about wireless trackpads, but I love my workflow with Gnome and I know it wouldn’t be doable if I wasn’t working on a laptop.
Using the keyboard just wouldn’t be the same.
pre-2010 macbooks can be had for like $10 nowadays. those had the touchpads (and webcam, keyboard, etc) connected via USB to the system. pinouts are available on the net and with a little bit of effort and maybe 3D printing you can have your bespoke rig.
if you’re into hacky workarounds like i am; you can use an android as a trackpad.
my home server was also multimedia center as well as one point running kodi & plex and i setup x11vnc on it and an old android phone to act as trackpad so that i can channel surf with the phone that was already in my hand.
