On 04/03/2016 11:07 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> The typical Linux GUI uses a pointing device with three buttons; the
> center button can be emulated on two button pointing devices by
> simultaneously
> depressing both buttons.  (Some track balls only have two buttons plus a
> scroll wheel -- depressing the wheel is the center "button".)
>
> What happens with a laptop that has only a touchpad but no buttons?
> "Tapping" on the touchpad performs the MS Win 10 "button" functions, but
> what about
> Linux use?  Can one configure the touchpad so that a specific set of
> regions work only for "tapping" and thus emulate a button, and the rest
> works as a regular
> "glide" pointing device?
>
> If not, is the only mechanism to use such a machine, without pointing
> device physical buttons, is to have an external (e.g., USB attached)
> mouse or trackball with buttons?
>
> Also, are there packages to enable in Linux GUIs, and compatible with
> EL7,  touchscreen devices?  If so, does anyone have direct experience
> with the actual functionality
> provided by such Linux packages -- are these end-user usable?
>
> Yasha Karant
>

Hi Yasha,

I have been looking for a Linux based tablet for a while.
Were yo ever able to get this to work?  If so, what
was the make and model number?

-T