OTB Multitouch support in Natty - What should I be expecting?

Joep L. Blom jlblom at neuroweave.nl
Tue May 3 10:22:33 UTC 2011


On 02/05/11 19:33, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 2 May 2011 17:56, Mister IT Guru<misteritguru at gmx.com>  wrote:

>
> Firstly, touchscreens are still a bit fraught on Linux - I speak from
> recent experience. One of my companies
> (www.simplicity-computers.co.uk) is considering selling touchscreen
> machines&  we've found that a lot don't work, or don't work well, with
> Linux.
>
> Secondly, touchscreen<>  multitouch. (Or "!=" if you're more of a C person.)
>
> Multitouch is still mainly a phone/tablet thing in my experience;
> desktops tend to have resistive touchscreens, which generally aren't
> multitouch.
>
> Capacitative tends to mean multitouch - this means you can (and often
> *must*) use your fingertip. Resistive means a stylus and no
> multitouch.
>
Liam,
Why is your site password protected??
Joep





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