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title: Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10
description: Gestures are a powerful interaction language that will be as relevant
  for desktops as it is on phones and tablets. Ubuntu 10.10 has a gesture framework
  that allows for gesture chaining or composition into rich “gesture sentences”. You
  can use multi-touch gestures for window management with Unity in 10.10 Netbook Edition
  or on your desktop […]
url: https://canonical.com/blog/gestures-with-multitouch-in-ubuntu-10-10?format=md
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[Mark Shuttleworth](https://canonical.com/blog/author/mark-shuttleworth "More about Mark Shuttleworth")

16 August 2010

# Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10

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