I have a 7 with Cachy KDE on it. It's my usual go-to for "I need a screen".
Camping? Instant movie. Bored? Instant comics/manga. Surface tablets rock Linux.
I have a 7 with Cachy KDE on it. It's my usual go-to for "I need a screen".
Camping? Instant movie. Bored? Instant comics/manga. Surface tablets rock Linux.
Pretty neat rice! Glad to see another rnote user after long.I didn't know that gnome had support for widgets like the one you show in the first image. What's it you're using?
How well do KDE and QT apps perform on a touchscreen? I am also a surface linux user and I've been meaning to switch to KDE from Gnome. It actually works great but I missed being able to use themes
KDE's touchscreen support is great. I didn't ha e a surface but used it for a couple years on a similar 2-in-1 with a pen during university.
They work fin but KDE gobbles up ram. You have to turn off indexing to get best results.
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Do you think this setup would work as a tablet replacement in terms of weight, battery life (under Linux) and UI? It seems like it could and would help me escape Android, but I worry it'll have some obvious in hindsight issue.
I’m on the bad end of the Dunning Kruger curve on Linuxy things (I am decent at making my Pis and simple servers and Deck behave, but I still daily drive Windows). This looks like a nice setup for something with a touch screen. What UI is this? Is this “stock” Ultramarine?
It's ultramarine gnome with a handful of extensions. I mostly use it for touch interface. Ultramarine has a version built of the surface-kernel so it's easy peasy to get going.
why Gnome over the Plasma release?
Gnome is more touch friendly. My use case is more tablet than desktop. I'll install plasma later and use it as a desktop when I need it at some point.
Also, plasma just GOBBLES up my ram. I have to disable a couple things to make it work reliably.
What are the theme(s) you are using??
I have a 7 with LMDE and the Surface Kernel, something as shit itself and I'm not sure what, I cant even boot into an LMDE thumbdrive
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