Fixing Mac-like touch settings on Ubuntu laptop with somewhat mac-like touchpad

50-synaptics.conf

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad catchall"
        Driver "synaptics"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
# This option is recommend on all Linux systems using evdev, but cannot be
# enabled by default. See the following link for details:
# http://who-t.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-ignore-configuration-errors.html
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
        Option "SoftButtonAreas" "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0"
        Option "VertScrollDelta" "-30
        Option "HorizScrollDelta" "-30
        Option "SingleTapTimeout" "0"
        Option "MaxDoubleTapTime" "0"
        Option "HorizTwoFingerScroll" "1"
        Option "TapButton1" "0"
        Option "TapButton2" "0"
        Option "TapButton3" "0"
        Option "TapAndDragGesture"
EndSection

# Not sure if needed??
Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "touchpad ignore duplicates"
        MatchIsTouchpad "on"
        MatchOS "Linux"
        MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/mouse*"
        Option "Ignore" "on"
EndSection

readme.md

Some of the conf might be unnecessary. Worked for me on Dell XPS 13

1. Disable GNOME:s conflicting gui-based conf
2. Run dconf-editor
3. Edit /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/mouse/ (or /org/cinnamon/settings-daemon/plugins/mouse/ for cinnamon)
4. Uncheck the active setting
5. Add the conf file at /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf