Best desktop environment for multitouch touchscreen?

[Kasper Loopstra <kasper@loopstra.nl>]

Hi all,


I am trying to use a multi-touch monitor (Dell P2418HT) with Debian as a 
front-end for a media center setup. Ideally this system would work 
without having a mouse attached, and allow touching icons on some kind 
of Desktop or main screen to open specific webpages in Firefox and/or 
start programs.


Having tried both KDE and Gnome I cannot really seem to get things to 
work the way I would like.

KDE/Wayland: Works reasonably well, but the icons on the desktop do not 
respond to touch in any way, and the Start menu needs to be used.

Gnome/Wayland: No longer has the concept of a Desktop, but even with the 
Desktop extension program shortcuts show up as files to be opened with a 
text-editor instead of "click and something happens".

I've also briefly tried to use Kodi, but that does not seem to support 
launching external programs and/or webpages easily.


Stuff like multi-touch in applications, pinch-to-zoom and 2 finger 
scroll are not working either.


What is the best desktop environment or other application to try for this?


Thanks,


Kasper


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