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If things don’t improve, this StarLite will likely be the last Linux device I get.
Not asking for much, just:
- Battery life to at least match my ten-year-old iPad. (I’d be happy with something lasted more than two-
(sorry, cursor just jumped while typing that – see point 2, below)
-three hours.
- Trackpad that disables while typing so I can, well, type.
Basically, just a machine that gets the basics right.
(Really - sorry cursor jumped - want to love this machine. Just can’t.)
The trackpad issue, by the way: https://github.com/StarLabsLtd/firmware/issues/182
(And the battery issue… well, that’s been a problem with the previous Starlabs labtop I had too.)
(And yeah, I’d much rather be coding instead of typing th – cursor just jumped, sorry – -is but, due to this trackpad issue, I really can’t.)
Right, disabled the trackpad entirely and I can at least type again.
Thankfully, it’s a tablet (although you can’t use it for programming – at least in Terminal, e.g., with Helix – in tablet mode because the on-screen keyboard in GNOME does not have all the keys you need. e.g., ESC is missing. Kind of a biggie when using a modal editor) so I can use the touch-screen if I need to (not ideal ergonomically when using it docked but goodness it feels good to be able to type again.
Hmm, I wonder if this is actually an issue with tap-to-click not getting disabled when the disable touchpad while typing setting is on in GNOME and/or the StarLite firmware.
I’ve just re-enabled the trackpad but turned off tap to click and I don’t seem to be seeing the problem (and the mouse cursor does disappear while typing, which is did before too).
Hmm… I’ll update the issue and fingers crossed they’ll be able to fix it for tap-to-click too.
@aral @starlabssystems I have System 76's Lemur Pro and I don't think I've ever had the track pad problem. Batter life is pretty great on it too. Might be worth a look - it's also entirely user serviceable, which is nice.
@rateexportpilot @starlabssystems Thanks – I would have but I’ll be giving @system76 a miss after this interaction: