mouse acceleration makes it better by allowing a slower basic mouse speed,
which then accelerates when you move the mouse fast. however if the slowest
basic speed isn't slow enough then that's the real problem.
There's an acceleration slider in MATE, which works, but the other slider is
called sensitivity, not speed and doesn't seem to do anything.
moving the slider up and down again in gnome didn't seem to help with getting
a slower basic speed. i will try again though.
i probably need a more complete utility that supports different settings for
different devices, lets me turn the laptop trackpad off etc... i am
looking... i'm sure there's something out there
