How To Configure Mouse/Trackstick/Touchpad In Linux Mint / Ubuntu

silly of me to expect to be able to configure mouse setting in linux in the year 2013. openbox? what is that? lightdm? this is what exactly? KDE? Gnome? how should I know what I’m running. more importantly, and no linux nerd will ever understand this one: as an end user, WHY should I need to know or care? what is so hard about implementing a GUI for mouse settings? oh, i’ve got to go to the command line? edit a text file? linux is a shambles, a big frankenstein monster which falls apart at the seams before you even get it working. the MOST BASIC tasks are left without a gui and users are expected to type terminal commands over and over for tasks which could easily be scripted and incorporated into the gui. why aren’t they??? linux is UNUSABLE for 99% of people simpy because linux devs can’t grasp the concept that use of command line represents UNFINISHED WORK! It is just sloppy workmanship to present as an alternative to windows something which requires users to learn a whole bunch of crap that they shouldn’t have to just to do basic stuff like change the mouse speed.