touch screens in ubuntu

[Billie Walsh]

On 10/25/2010 01:27 AM, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> On Monday 25 October 2010 02:15:47 am Jordon Bedwell wrote:
> (...)
>    
>>> touchscreen? Anybody have experience? Are there many linux applications
>>> around supporting touch screens?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Kjetil
>>>        
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20013760-264.html
>>      
> I would just like to say (nothing to do specialy with Jordon :) that I have
> been making some searches these last days and I have come across more
> messages like this one (just a link) that were useless because the link was
> dead.
>
> I think we should keep in mind that these mailing lists talks stay on the web
> longer than many sites keep their stuff online and add a short description of
> what we wanted to say.
>
> Thierry
>
>    

The link isn't dead. From the page:

August 16, 2010 12:06 PM PDT


  Ubuntu bringing multitouch to Linux


The next version of Ubuntu will get multitouch interface abilities, 
catching the Linux operating system up to Windows and Mac 
<http://www.cnet.com/apple-mac.html> OS X in at least one domain.

"Every single major PC manufacturer has been asking for a touch story on 
Linux. This has been one of the major missing points for Linux in the PC 
ecosystem," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the company called 
Canonical that develops and supports Ubuntu. But multitouch support will 
arrive in the next version of Ubuntu, 10.10, aka Maverick Meerkat.



Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20013760-264.html#ixzz13MtoVNGI


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