Hello,
In the Release Notes for Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon are listed alternative input driver packages: libinput (main), synaptics (universe), evdev (universe).
I was wondering why there are different packages for input drivers.
- Is it not possible to pack all those input drivers in one package and then select the one that is the most compatible based upon the hardware?
- Are these input driver packages developed by different teams of developers with incompatible goals?
- Other reasons?
Thanks!
Why so many different input driver packages?
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Why so many different input driver packages?
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