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If you’ve been wondering when we could have multi-touch support for gestures and other actions, well, it could be sooner than you think. There is a team with a proof of concept that native multi-touch with gestures is indeed possible on Linux. This would work on Linux kernel 2.6.30. If you’ve got Compiz and you’ve been wanting more awesome funkiness then their proof of concept video would probably get you excited over this development.
Video from: Laboratoire d’informatique interactive
Right now the team from ENAC is still working on a better implementation of multi-touch support, you could already check it out if you are interested.
Requirements:
- Linux kernel 2.6.30
- a computer with any of the following: a Broadcom 5974, Stantum, NTrig or DiamondTouch surface (the HP TouchSmart tx2 has a Ntrig surface — get the appropriate firmware from the NTrig site)
- the ENAC driver for NTrig, Stantum, or DiamondTouch, or the Broadcom 5974 driver from Henrik Rydberg
- the ENAC team’s demo code for multi-touch support
- Compiz with the DBus plugin
- freewins
Now I wish I knew someone with a computer with such surfaces so I could test the code too. I don’t need so much funkiness on my own computer but it would sure be neat to demo to people who love these things. And if someone else asks me about it, at least I could share something, right?
Who says Linux cannot have fancy stuff? This is proof it could!
