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for people who used linux on desktop then left it. what problems made you leave? (programming.dev)
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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wanted to repurpose an old Surface Pro as a music station in my shed (think tech moan vibes). Basically a nice touch interface to access my NAS where I've ripped my CD collection, with an slim external dvd-writer for actual CDs and I also planned to use it for Spotify.

Spent many hours looking at different distros, but getting the touchscreen, Bluetooth and drivers working was not easy. In the end I reverted to windows 11 with de-bloat, and it works great.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago (1 child)

    I feel like the popular community distros like cachyos usually support that sht better than the ones you think would like the main big corporation ones.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago*

    It is extremely difficult basically on all distros, I have tried several. You need the surface linux kernel installed, and then tons of tweaking, and I still have not gotten the pen to work, for example. If you want to use linux, it is best to use something else than a surface pro. In my case, I use it both for portable drawing and computering stuff, so there are no good alternatives on the market.

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