I haven't used touchscreens with Linux, but I have used a mac based eng
system. The touchscreen division split off and offers various products for
most systems including Linux according to their website. I don't know how
expensive they are.
www.trolltouch.com
tks Jim
> I need to build a specialized kiosk application for a friend.
> A few questions come to mind.
>
> 1) Anyone have any experience with touchscreens and Linux?
> Under Winhoze, touchscreens act like a mouse. No special
> programming required. That would be nice if it works that way under
> Linux.
> 2) I am guessing that I could programmatically turn off the
> machine since I can do that from my desktop.
> a) How?
> b) How well does Linux tolerate just having its machine
> turned off?
>
> Thanks.
>
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