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My Lenovo Flex 5i is a 2-in-1 laptop with the ability to use the touch screen with a finger or an included stylus on the screen. Ubuntu MATE provides support for touch screens by default. I did have to make some adjustments to the stylus/screen mapping when using the stylus. In this episode I describe those adjustments and link to our article that describes some optional additional setup steps that make it more convenient to use the laptop in tablet mode. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #433 · Run Ubuntu MATE On A 2-in-1 Convertible Laptop 00:60 5 Steps To Configure The Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5i With It's Stylus Using Ubuntu MATE 03:36 How to map the stylus correctly for different screen orientations 04:14 1. Determine the names of the touch-enabled hardware 05:37 2. Determine the coordinate map for each device 08:05 3. Create on-screen buttons 09:47 4. Create the panel buttons 12:21 5. Enable the on-screen keyboard 14:15 Bonus step: Configure the stylus hardware buttons 16:3