Os X Style Mouse Functions In Ubuntu

[saitunes 0]

I am a mac user, and am thinking of installing ubuntu on my macbook. The one thing that is keeping me from installing it is the trackpad gestures/features/behaviour in os x. Like 2 finger scrolling, two finger and click for right/secondary click. Is this possible under ubuntu?

[galexcd 0]

I am a mac user, and am thinking of installing ubuntu on my macbook. The one thing that is keeping me from installing it is the trackpad gestures/features/behaviour in os x. Like 2 finger scrolling, two finger and click for right/secondary click.
Is this possible under ubuntu?

My first question to you is what kind of macbook do you have. If you have the old type then yes! I have installed ubuntu on many early-2008 (and earlier) macbooks/macbook pros and with ubuntu 8.10 there's just an xml file you put in your hal folder to enable two finger scrolling etc... Now unfortunately my coworker has a new macbook pro (late 2008) with the new glass trackpad, and I haven't been able to get anything to work beyond a regular click. That wiki I linked too had many useful features for getting your macbook working with ubuntu perfectly.

[saitunes 0]

I bought it in march of 2007. So I would say its the old kind. What about turning off tap to click?

[galexcd 0]

I bought it in march of 2007. So I would say its the old kind. What about turning off tap to click?

It should be an option under mouse preferences, but the only problem is two finger right click won't work unless you have tap to click on. You can not do the two finger + left click to preform a right click like you can in OS X, it must be a two finger tap.