The two best operating systems for netbooks are Windows XP and Linux. Most users however soon get bored of Windows XP and look for a better alternative. Sooner or later, every netbook user tries out Linux.
A great operating system with tons of neat features, Linux did have one flaw: it did not support standard multi touch gestures which users perform on the touchpad of their netbooks. This was my only complaint against Linux while I was running it on my netbook. Thankfully Synaptics has now remedied the issue.
Synaptics has recently installed Synaptics Gesture Suite which is the first multi touch standard for Linux operating systems. Why it took this long to release, I have yet to find out. But now that it is here, all Linux users can take advantage of the functionality of multi touch gestures.
Gesture Suite will be free of charge to Synaptics OEM-ODM partners (if ordered with Synaptics TouchPad or ClickPad products). Not only will users be able to use multi touch on their laptop/netbook touchpads, but also use them on their touch-enabled remote control devices. In other words, this suite will allow developers to embed a wide range of gesture-features into their Linux based devices. The most anticipated of the Linux Distributions will be Chrome OS.
The images above are the 9 gestures that can be found in the Gestures Suite by Synaptics. This is surely a great addition to Linux.
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