Linux and OS/X on the [desk|lap]top [was Re: Database Connectivity]

[Andrew Durdin]

On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 08:10:09 -0700, Cliff Wells
<clifford.wells at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Actually Linux now has one single feature that makes using a laptop with
> it far more pleasurable (from my experience) than any other laptop I've
> tried: it's possible to setup the Synaptics touchpad (and Alps too,
> although it's more difficult) to have vertical and horizontal scroll
> areas (much like a scroll-wheel on a mouse, but in both directions).

This is the default setup on several recent Toshiba laptops that I've
used recently. Quite handy, though on my laptop I usually revert to
the keyboard for scrolling and other tasks and use a mouse/touchpad as
little as possible.