Indeed the 1st gen was using a BYD trackpad that is a bit troublesome to work with (needs the right kernel modules loaded, and generally better with “tap to click” turned off), the 2nd gen uses Elantech trackpads that are superior in every respect, yes (and last time I checked, it worked flawlessly with a Fedora live environment).
As a sidenote, I’ve begun discussing with some libinput & GNOME developers regarding gestures, and “perfect palm rejection” in particular (the current system works “OK” depending on your needs, but I’m a perfectionist). I’m planning/hoping to meet some of these devs at conferences at the end of the summer to see what can be done. Related to the topic of perfect palm rejection in general:
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94236
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100309
Do you mean a physical click or a capacitive tap click?