[djehuty]

You'll find that with only a little practice using tap gesture for button press becomes second nature. From there it's only a 5 minute learning curve to double-tap equals right button. So if you're serious about putting Linux on there, and frankly I think that's just silly, don't let the touchpad put you off.

I'm perfectly happy with Coda for web development, although I wish it had function collapsing.

[tsuraan]

Is that tap gesture stuff in the hardware, or would Linux have to emulate it itself? My powerbook predates the multitouch stuff, so I've never played with it.