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+'''
+Linux accelerometer
+---------------------
+'''
+
+from plyer.facades import Accelerometer
+import os
+import glob
+import re
+
+
+class LinuxAccelerometer(Accelerometer):
+
+    def _enable(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _disable(self):
+        pass
+
+    def _get_acceleration(self):
+        try:
+            pos = glob.glob("/sys/devices/platform/*/position")[0]
+        except IndexError:
+            raise Exception('Could not enable accelerometer!')
+
+        with open(pos, "r") as p:
+            t = p.read()
+            coords = re.findall(r"[-]?\d+\.?\d*", t)
+            # Apparently the acceleration on sysfs goes from -1000 to 1000.
+            # I divide it by 100 to make it equivalent to Android.
+            # The negative is because the coordinates are inverted on Linux
+            return [float(i) / -100 for i in coords]
+
+
+def instance():
+    return LinuxAccelerometer()