The Multitouch X Driver driver uses the kernel MT protocol to bring multi-touch gestures to the Linux desktop. Available in the xf86-input-multitouch package, found in the mactel ppa. sudo apt-get install xf86-input-multitouch Restart X To setup X to use your driver, add this to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf: Section "InputClass" MatchIsTouchpad "true" Identifier "Multitouch Touchpad" Driver "multitouch