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Is it possible to run Linux on a touch screen?
Touchscreen support is now built in to the Linux kernel, so theoretically, any Linux distribution should run with a touchscreen. That said, not every distribution will be easy to use on a touchscreen, and this comes down to the desktop. This means choosing the best Linux distros for a touchscreen that use the optimal desktop out of the box.
How to build a virtual touch screen kernel?
Building for current kernel: Use run virtual_touchscreen.clj or just use pre-built virtual_touchscreen.jar from Github releases
Is there GUI application for virtual touchscreen?
There is a GUI application that can also provide data for virtual touchscreen: virtual_touchscreen.clj. ( pre-built bundled version; SHA256=917698e287e1b707e09c3040d6347f5f041d7a60fef0a6f5e51c2b93ccd39f3c, also available on Github Releases) It listens port 9494 and provides virtual_touchscreen input for connected clients.
Is there a desktop version of Ubuntu Touch?
Ubuntu Touch is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system for mobile devices. However, unlike other ‘flavors’ of Ubuntu, it is more accurately an extract of parts of Ubuntu. It is adapted to run naturally in a mobile, touch-screen environment but is also capable of functioning as a desktop computer while in “desktop mode”.
Why are click events not working on touch screen devices?
For this scenario i created an Electron application that hosts my web application and does the communication between the peripherals and the web app. Everything works great except on touch screen devices in which the mouse events are not working properly when i tap the screen.
How to enable tap to click on TouchPad?
Everything runs smoothly except that I couldn’t find tap-to-click in TouchPad settings. Now I have to press the touchpad down and it’s not convenient that much. I know Kde supported this function when it’s kde4. And I’m using the latest plasma desktop now (which is 5.8.2). Any ideas or it’s a known missing feature and will be added soon?
Are there any multi touch gestures on Linux?
Sure there are some handy three and four finger multi-touch gestures that work out of the box, but the go-to gestures (such as right mouse click and Firefox scrolling) simply don’t work. The good news, getting those very necessary gestures to work isn’t all that challenging.