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by whatch 2181 days ago
As someone who used MacBook for ~5 years I miss touchpad especially for switching between workspaces.

The closest alternative (for me) on Ubuntu (Gnome) I've come up with is Super+J/K for switching between workspaces and, as a bonus, moving windows between workspaces with Super+Shift+J/K. Feels almost as productive as on MacBook with touchpad
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ekvintroj 2181 days ago
Have you tried this? https://github.com/bulletmark/libinput-gestures

I'm using three fingers swap for switching between workspaces. But I agree with the comment above, the animation is key.

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ZeroCool2u 2181 days ago
If you use Wayland on Ubuntu (Gnome), the exact gesture you're talking about already exists, it's just vertical instead of horizontal. It's actually my most used gesture personally.
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