I’m new to linux, running last version of ubuntu MATE. Tried to get fusuma to have a better experience with my touchpad (I’m using an hp notebook). I followed the whole guide for ubuntu users on the Github page, created the config.yml using these two commands:
mkdir -p ~/.config/fusuma
nano ~/.config/fusuma/config.yml
Then I used the config.yml file they provided and got the result you see in this image when I launched sudo fusuma, i.e the error :
config file: /root/.config/fusuma/config.yml is NOT FOUND
Then I run just “fusuma” without sudo and the error disappeared, but fusuma does literally nothing. Can someone please help me with this?
This is the first time I installed a Linux distro (I heard it lowers the possibility of getting a blue screen which happened to me lately result of my SSD dying). So I really don’t understand permissions here (how I run things as administrator like in windows) and the difference between root and home clearly, I don’t even know how to uninstall fusuma to try again now!
Okay first question is : is MATE absolutely necessary ?
If not, I would advise you to switch to a distro that uses GNOME or KDE. I’d go for Zorin OS which is really perfect for anyone beginning on Linux.
In any case, I have a solution that should work no matter the device. It requires you to have libinput and libinput-gestures installed (rather than fusuma which I found buggy and laggy)
You can find it here : https://lemmy.one/comment/2189433
I tried my best to make it beginner-friendly — even if it is not. Don’t read the first paragraph which is KDE specific.
well I’m too tired to format again. I chose it cuz it is just lighweight ubuntu (knowing that ubuntu is pretty popular = I get more support) and I recently got an ssd dying from opening multiple firefox windows so being lightweight is important, also MATE has GNOME2.
I will try a bit more with fusuma cuz it looks optimal, if it doesn’t work I’ll try libinput. Thank you sir!
In any case, since you use SSD, don’t forget to enable TRIM 😉