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Linux has passable support for a lot of hardware, but it frequently doesn't have complete support for even surprisingly popular hardware.

Recent problem of mine: in Linux, using a Bluetooth-connected Apple Magic Trackpad 2, I can't right click, let alone scroll or use any multitouch gestures.



https://github.com/robotrovsky/Linux-Magic-Trackpad-2-Driver

It appears that the author has upstreamed his work and the module will be available with one of the next Linux Kernel Releases.


Well, unless it's a generic device, one or more people have to extend an existing driver or write a new driver entirely for it. This doesn't happen magically, even for popular devices. So you should be asking Apple why they don't offer a Linux driver for their hardware.




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