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Individually, maybe yes. Collectively there's a huge difference whether that kind of communication spreads en masse from Linux land as:

- I love to learn lots of ways to do things, btw here's a keyboard way to do what you want, isn't this abundance of choice thrilling, wooo wooo!

- I commisserate with your difficulty comrade, if we're both stuck with using this for reasons we cannot change, here's a pragmatic workaround that might help stave off your desire for vodka another few minutes.

- Stop wanting good trackpad drivers what are you, a loser normie or a girl? Keyboard is the One True Way for smart people(tm), here's a mystery button mash combination to show how smart I am, get with the program and memorise it, there's lots more arbitrary memorisation and gatekeeping where that came from.

- Trackpad drivers, what do you think this is - a house of pleasure and sin?! This is a machine for work and plain and simple tools for cleansing the soul. Let me help you find enlightenment through key combination meditations.



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