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2009 is the year of the Linux desktop!!!

"2009 is the year of the Linux desktop!!!" - Installed Fedora 10 on Dell laptop - mouse cursor incredibly slow when using trackpad; set acceleration and speed to max, not much better - random automatic "mouse button" clicks being inserted by trackpad - screen resolution set to highest, which is good - incredibly slow scrolling in firefox - keypresses sometimes don't register unless I wait 1s between pressing each key installed gsynaptic (yes, it's obvious what this does right?!) - fixes trackpad issues (had to hack xorg.conf) disable "bounce keys" ignore fast duplicate keypresses - fixes missing keypresses installed nvidia binary drivers - fixes slow scroll but now I'm stuck at 640x480 (hacked xorg.conf but no change) I repeat "2009 is the year of the Linux desktop!!!" Apologies for the badly written rant - the subject doesn't deserve proper spelling and grammar. Here endeth my love affair with desktop linux - I'm buying a Mac