Those Linuxers just can’t stand watching Windows 7 do something they can’t, so the ENAC Interactive Computing Lab worked to get multitouch running in Fedora. And now you can, too.
Apparently, their solution requires Linux kernel 2.6.31, X.org 1.7 (modified), and a series of corresponding hardware and experimental drivers (including a simple Asus Eee T91MT).
So it’s not quite turnkey, but if you willing to tinker a bit, all the resources are online to run a multitouch version of Linux on a few different hardware platforms. And if you’re running Linux, there’s a good chance you’re willing to tinker a bit. [ENAC Interactive via Netbook 3G via lilliputing]
matt
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 10:00 AMI didn’t think any features of Linux were official…
nitroflow
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 10:43 AMMultitouch is ancient. Windows 7 is the first Windows supporting multitouch out of the box that’s all. As for Linux it has had support for a couple of years. It’s all here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multitouch