Can Ubuntu support touchscreen?

[ndefontenay]

Hi,

I've just purchased a dell inspiron touch which as its name states has a touch screen.

I'm still a big linux fan so I'm going to dual boot. I would like to know if Ubuntu has the ability to take advantage of touch screens.

It would be pretty awesome with Unity!

[mcduck]

Yes, it can. However it depends on your particular device how easy it's to set up.

A friend of mine has a Eee PC netbook with a touchscreen, it required some extra packages and configuration to get multitouch and stuff like that working properly, but it sure was a joy to use when everything was working.