I do tech, revolution, and art. Hopefully all at once.

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  • rose@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!
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    1 year ago

    I have tried Plasma. Imo, it’s not even close. X11 style touch works OK in Plasma, but the multi touch gestures for navigation isn’t anywhere near as good as Gnome with Wayland. In Gnome, I’m just missing a few quality of life gestures, like being able to swipe from an edge to un-hide the auto-hide dock.

    I also tried Plasma Mobile (which was amazing for tablet like navigation), but the hi-DPI scaling was all broken.

  • rose@lemmy.dbzer0.comtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!
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    1 year ago

    I also recently got a Surface Pro 6. I got it used for $200, but it was in great condition, low battery cycles, and came with one of the keyboard covers. As you said, everything works. Gnome in Wayland is pretty good for touchscreen. I also got a third party pen for it that works great in Krita and xournal++.

    I wish using it as a tablet was a bit better supported in Gnome or other DEs, and the battery life is only … OK. Still, as a thin and light linux tablet I can carry in my bag to work on light tasks or look up content it’s fantastic. The keyboard cover also makes it great for typing, programming, or opening remote shells on the go.