On Thursday 13 September 2007, Max Pyziur wrote: > Mossberg Looks at Ubuntu Linux on a Dell (Verdict: Not Quite Ready for > Primetime) I agree 100% with one of his beefs. Laptop touchpad sensitivity. When I'm typing (and as I touch-type around 50 wpm, the keyboard is really a humming) often the cursor will jump to where the i-beam for the mouse is; ooops, left click. But I didn't touch the touchpad. Aggravating as all get out. (And if someone knows a way to turn that down, please let me know, as I've not run across the setting yet). I agree 100% that Linux is perfect for the techies, but not yet for the mainstream non-techie user, unless someone who is a techie is readily available. Yep, I've run Linux for over ten years (and Unix SVR2 and 3 prior to that on assorted workstations), but I am (job title notwithstanding) a techie. HOWEVER, this same thing is true of Windows; it is not ready for the mainstream, either, even though it's in the mainstream. -- Lamar Owen Chief Information Officer Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute 1 PARI Drive Rosman, NC 28772 (828)862-5554 www.pari.edu
