Howtogeek posted a guide about getting MacBook-Style Finger Gestures on Ubuntu Linux

Apple users have been swiping, pinching, and rotating Mac's user interfaces to their fingers content. In today's article, we'll show you how to do groovy things like expanding and reducing windows, and changing desktops using finger gestures.
To accomplish this, we'll use a piece of software called TouchEgg, which enhances Ubuntu's multi touch capability by allowing us to configure actions to the finger gestures that TouchEgg supports.

  How to Get MacBook-Style Finger Gestures on Ubuntu Linux