Touchscreen With Linux?

[Jblkstne]

I am a young guy, really young, and I would like to start using and messing around with Linux operating systems. You know, see what it's all about. So, this occured to me: Installing Linux on a touchscreen laptop. Will this work? is it possible? Is there a specific Linux variant that would be best for this? I would really like to know. Could it work with, for example, this touchscreen laptop?

http://www.amazon.com/Vizio-CT14T-B0-Touchscreen-Ultrabook-A10-4657M/dp/B00FVM8XD8/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1387870241&sr=1-5&keywords=vizio#productDetails

[Havoc]

 

I am a young guy, really young, and I would like to start using and messing around with Linux operating systems. You know, see what it's all about. So, this occured to me: Installing Linux on a touchscreen laptop. Will this work? is it possible? Is there a specific Linux variant that would be best for this? I would really like to know. Could it work with, for example, this touchscreen laptop?

http://www.amazon.com/Vizio-CT14T-B0-Touchscreen-Ultrabook-A10-4657M/dp/B00FVM8XD8/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1387870241&sr=1-5&keywords=vizio#productDetails

 

 

A colleague of mine has managed to get the Dell XPS12 to work with Ubuntu and with fully functional touch screen. (Still a few bugs though)

[Jblkstne]

Thank you for your response, do you know if he/she had to take any additional measures to get it to function?

[Havoc]

Thank you for your response, do you know if he/she had to take any additional measures to get it to function?

 

Not that I am aware, It just worked I believe, he is not very Linux savvy so if there was issues it was only very basic Google-able problems. You shouldn't have any issues.   

[lutzee]

This is why linux in general is nice for new users. The idea of bundleing all the drivers nessassary with the OS and only enabling them when the hardware is detected means that things like touch screens should just work.

This is of course asuming the window manager is set up correctly, but most should be anyway.

[Crabtr]

Touchscreen can theoretically work with any distro you want, it'll just be a matter of setting things up properly. I really hate to say this but Ubuntu is probably the best distro to do this with (forgive me Arch Gods  ) simply because they've done quite a lot to make touchscreen work out-of-the-box. Every other distro I've seen that has taken on touchscreen has done so halfheartedly.

 

This is of course asuming the window manager is set up correctly, but most should be anyway.

 

If it's not a tiling window-manager like i3 or Awesome then it's not set up correctly! 

[lutzee]

Touchscreen can theoretically work with any distro you want, it'll just be a matter of setting things up properly. I really hate to say this but Ubuntu is probably the best distro to do this with (forgive me Arch Gods  ) simply because they've done quite a lot to make touchscreen work out-of-the-box. Every other distro I've seen that has taken on touchscreen has done so halfheartedly.

 

 

If it's not a tiling window-manager like i3 or Awesome then it's not set up correctly! 

i3 <3

[Jblkstne]

Thank you all, this has been quite helpful.