International Cyber Digest@IntCyberDigest · Sep 25, 2026

> be GNOME user > touchpad scrolls way too fast > no setting to slow it down > ask for one, flag it as an…

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Summary

A user frustrated with GNOME's unresponsive touchpad scroll speed accessibility issue reports that patches have been pending in merge requests for years, only to be dismissed by maintainers who lock the thread when the user suggests GNOME might not be suitable for their needs.

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#1
> be GNOME user > touchpad scrolls way too fast > no setting to slow it down > ask for one, flag it as an accessibility issue > get linked a closed thread from 2024 > patches for it have been sitting in open merge requests for years > ask if anything ever happened with them > "it's a complex topic" > keep pushing, say maybe GNOME isn't for me > "There are plenty of environments for you to choose from" > thread locked
#2
Read discourse.gnome.org/t/add-a-settin…