[TriLUG] laptop shopping

[Ken M]

Hmmm, I have seen some stuff, mostly related to Ubuntu and Unity working
on some devices.  But it looks like cowboy land for right now.

Debating on my next machine looking for something with multitouch to
start playing with this.  We shall see.

Thanks.

Ken

On Fri, 2014-02-07 at 15:08 -0500, Joseph S. Tate wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Ken MacKenzie <ken at mack-z.com> wrote:
> 
> > I have a related question, I can make a new topic if need be.  Has anyone
> > had any luck with laptops with multitouch displays and linux.  Like say the
> > HP Envy line or Ideapad twist or yoga?
> >
> >
> Ken,
> I can't get multi-touch to work on my Dell XPS 12 with touch screen. It's
> single finger only in Fedora 20. Ubuntu 13.10 kernels don't recognize the
> touch panel at all. The convertible laptops with old school tablet pc Wacom
> panels (like the Thinkpad X series twister) seems to have better driver
> support, but they're stylus, not touch driven. At least one TriLUGger has
> that setup working pretty well.
> 
> Joseph