Over the 20+ years of using various forms of Linux I always leaned into the Gnome side of the desktop, later moving to Xfce and then finally landing on LXDE. I like LXDE for it’s simplicity and small footprint, I’ve been using it as a desktop now for 5+ years. Here are a few tips that help make life a bit easier.
xinput is the solution: sudo apt-get install xinput
Find the device you wish to disable: xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech M350 id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Razer Razer Blade Keyboard id=13 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Razer Razer Blade id=14 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ UNIW0001:00 093A:0255 Mouse id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ UNIW0001:00 093A:0255 Touchpad id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=9 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ HD Webcam: HD Webcam id=11 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Razer Razer Blade id=12 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Logitech M350 id=17 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Razer Razer Blade Keyboard id=18 [slave keyboard (3)]
Disable the trackpad: xinput disable “UNIW0001:00 093A:0255 Touchpad” or xinput disable id=16
Disable the trackpad on login
Edit ~/.config/autostart/disable-touchpad.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Disable Touchpad
Type=Application
Exec=xinput disable "UNIW0001:00 093A:0255 Touchpad"
| Created: 2025-05-13 | Modified: 2025-05-13 |