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Pointer Randomly Jumps Ahead in Ubuntu 18.04 (Razer Blade 2017)

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0 So I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04, and my mouse pointer has been acting weird. When I use an external mouse, the pointer works relatively smoothly, but when I use my synaptic touchpad built into my Razer Blade 2017, it is slightly laggy and jumps ahead, up to an inch, in the direction my pointer is moving to. When I restart my laptop, the jumpiness is minimised. However, when I suspend my computer and resume after a fresh restart, the jumpiness is increased. Furthermore, the more programs I run at once, the jumpier the pointer is. The pointer was never a problem in 16.04. This is my xinput list output: $ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ xwayland-poi...

Firefox misspelling all words since version 61

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2 On my Debian 9 with Firefox 61 every word is marked as misspelled, except numbers (right now, currently as I'm typing). Things I've tried: Remove en-US dictionary and return it (Had to hard delete the files, as a simple removal of the extension did not remove files or menu option). Add a second dictionary - it added them in the language menu and extensions tab but I don't see the files at /usr/lib/firefox/dictionaries/ . I tried this both through the addons and preferences. Remove firefox ( sudo apt-get remove firefox firefox-esr chromium to make sure no alternative is installed) and install again. Clear data (all of it). Delete ~/.mozilla/firefox/* . None of the above works. I noticed removing/installing dictionaries from the extension page in firefox does not affect the actual dictiona...