I find a classical clicky-button mouse to be superior to trackpads (or Apple’s weird no-button mice) and I am extemely happy that not all industry is blindly copying Apple at this point.

Do you mean superior to trackpads generally or have you specifically tried and rejected the Magic Trackpad 2?

I ask because like the parent poster I love the Trackpad 2 on macOS but I hate most other trackpads when using them with Windows/Linux. Meanwhile I also hate using most mice I've tried on macOS including the Apple ones but am fine with mice on Windows/Linux.

I imagine there are probably tracking speed and acceleration settings that would make the unpleasant combinations work better but I usually give up after making a few simple tweaks.

I wasted a lot of time tweaking low level Synaptics parameters in the config flies when trying to make the Magic Trackpad work well for me on Linux and I think I've exhausted my lifetime supply of patience for excessive pointer setting adjustments.

That’s fine if bring a mouse with you when you’re on the move. I don’t care for mice.

I don’t see why Dell, Lenovo, etc. can’t provide a laptop with a trackpad that works well under Linux.

Maybe it’s better on Windows I don’t know but the XPS 13 trackpad is, if I’m being genenerous, not great.