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Multitouch screens in Linux/Xorg/GTK+
http://vimeo.com/9043676
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 338, 1 February 2010
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| User-friendliness of computer operating
| systems is something that gets often
| discussed in open-source software circles.
| But adding features that are designed to
| attract more new users isn't always viewed
| positively in some hard-core geek
| communities. This week's feature story
| examines a case of a developer who was met
| with a hostile reception when he tried to
| present his easy-to-use live CD to an
| unforgiving group of OpenBSD hackers. In the
| news section, Sun Microsystems closes its
| corporate web site, but what does that mean
| for some of its popular products? Also in
| this week's issue, we investigate the idea of
| converting the ext3 file system to the newer
| ext4, take a look at Ubuntu's controversial
| deal with Yahoo, and link to an article that
| reveals a little-known, but useful Mandriva
| feature. All this and more in this week's
| issue of DistroWatch Weekly - happy reading!
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http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100201
Recent:
Multitouch Gestures on Linux? You Got It!!!
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| Most Linux distros donât yet support
| multitouch screens out of the box, but that
| doesnât matter, because Franceâs ENAC
| Interactive Computing Lab has put together a
| video demonstrating multitouch on a PC
| running Fedora 12 on what looks to be be a
| 10-inch touchscreen display.
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http://torrentbomb.com/news/multitouch-gestures-on-linux-you-got-it/501
Linux + Multitouch display = open source 10 fingered goodness
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| In order to emulate these results, youâll need
| the Linux kernel 2.6.31, a modified version of
| X.org 1.7, and supported hardware and drivers.
| So weâre not quite at the point where you can
| just pick up a netbook with a multitouch
| display, install Fedora or another Linux
| distro, and expect to tap your way to bliss
| with up to 10 fingers on the screen. But weâre
| getting closer.
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http://www.liliputing.com/2009/12/linux-multitouch-display-open-source-10-fingered-goodness.html
Linux touchscreen advances
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| French development group at ENAC have developed native multitouch using the
| Linux 2.6.30 kernel, and can support swipe, flip, rotate and pinch-resize
| gestures...
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http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/open-source-linux/2009/06/linux-touchscreen-advances.html
Multitouch screencast overload
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| Going a bit more deeply on how KDE SC 4.4
| will support multitouch, here are 3 longer
| videos:
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| The first one shows marble. Is now possible
| (with the usual disclaimer on devices and
| systems that support it, hoping it will
| become a more pervasive feature) to zoom
| the earth with a two fingers gesture,
| making a retty natural interacion
|
| OGG version
|
| The second one shows Plasma: it's possible
| to move, resize and rotate the widgets with
| two fingers, making them a bit more "real
| objects".
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http://www.notmart.org/index.php/Software/Multitouch_screencast_overload
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