One of the market leaders in touchpads, Synaptics, last week ported its multi-touch, gesture-based touchpads to Linux. It promises that the touchpad software is compatible with these six distros: ...

The line between tablet and laptop seems to be becoming increasingly blurred, but there's certainly functionality that only a classic laptop can offer. Physical keyboards of a practical size and hardy ...

Running Mint 15 KDE. Dell Latitude laptop. I accidentally turned off my touchpad with some weird keystroke combination and now I can't get it back on. A pop-up message indicated I had turned it off ...

Over the last couple of weeks, I decided it was finally time to give Linux a spin in a laptop environment. I'm familiar with it in server and desktop deployments, but I wanted to further familiarize ...

Laptop touchpads are about to change drastically. The transition from a physical click mechanism to simulated haptics has already begun, following the lead of Apple’s MacBooks. But what benefit do ...

If you use a laptop on a daily basis, you’ve probably encountered a testy touchpad at some point. Nothing enrages me more than being unable to use the mouse cursor on the screen. Sure, you can always ...

If you find the touchpad on your Mac or Windows laptop isn't working, there are a few ways you can fix it. It's possible the touchpad has been disabled using a Function key combination on the keyboard ...