Touchégg, the popular Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer, released new 2.0.18 version on Sunday! The new release of this free open-source application, added ability to execute actions both when the touch gesture starts and ends. Touchégg is a Linux app that supports all hardware supported by libinput, though it only works on classic X11/Xorg session (no […]
This tutorial shows how to enable touchpad 4-finger swipe and pinch gestures in Ubuntu 24.04 and 24.10 with default GNOME Desktop on Wayland. GNOME since version 40 supports 3-finger swipe gestures to switch between workspaces and trigger overview screen. And, there’s an extension Gesture Improvements to enhance the features with 4-finger and pinch gestures support. […]
This tutorial shows how to enable (or improve) touchpad gestures in Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Ubuntu 20.04. Not only for the default GNOME, but also for XFCE, MATE, and other desktop environments. GNOME introduced multi-touch gestures support since v40, however, it only works on the default Wayland session, and supports only 3 finger swipe […]