> things like multi-touch gestures are plainly broken on X11 mode in ever DE I've tried The main reason for this is that neither major DE has implemented multi

> things like multi-touch gestures are plainly broken on X11 mode in ever DE I've tried The main reason for this is that neither major DE has implemented multi touch gestures on X11. Not that they can't be. There's several tools you can use for things like touchpad gestures on X11 and they work well, but aren't as nice as native integration into a DE.