LUluqtas·Mar 5, 2024
also a cool extension: https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg
In Linux Touchpad Like MacBook Update: 2023 Progress on Smooth ScrollingJoseExposito
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JoseExposito / touchegg
touchegg
Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer
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6 sourcesAnd X doesn't support multi-finger gestures though Wayland does without an app like touchegg:
https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg
And the NVIDIA proprietary Linux module for NVIDIA GPUs hardware video decode doesn't work on Wayland; along with a number of other things: "NVIDIA Accelerated Linux Graphics Driver README and Installation Guide > Appendix L. Wayland Known Issues" https://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86_64/535.54.03/R...
In Wayland does not support screen saversTouchegg – Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer
5 points · Open discussionTouchégg: Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer
2 points · Open discussionTouchégg – advanced touchpad gestures for Linux
2 points · Open discussionfusuma works on Ubuntu 16.04 (I tried) and touchegg apparently doesn't
https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg/issues/280
https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg/issues/281
fusuma is configured with a text file and touchegg seems to have a GUI.
fusuma autoinstalls, but you must have Ruby (which should be there on every Ubuntu). touchegg must be compiled and the installation sequence failed for me, but as I wrote, it seems it won't work anyway on 16.04.
If you're a Ruby developer using rvm or the like, you must remember which Ruby version you installed fusuma into, or tweak its startup script to load the right one.
In Fusuma: Multitouch gestures with libinput dirver on X11, Linux