I got fedora KDE with surface-kernel working but the touchscreen usability is LACKING. is there a way to improve the touch interface?

EDIT: I’ve come to realize some of my frustration come from the shitty screen protector the dude before me put on the thing. Also downloading KDE-mobile has helped TREMENDOUSLY

  • Rioting Pacifist@lemmy.world
    4·
    2 days ago

    What do you mean by lacking?

    I think QML apps are meant to be designed to work on touchscreens but whole pre-QML apps prioritize a mouse+keyboard interface I’d be curious as to how that sucks for touchscreens?

  • Maiq@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    My touchscreen is pretty spanky, might be because i have a surface 9 or might be me using garuda an arch derivative. Newer kde and kernel.

    In what way is the touchscreen lacking?

    • texture@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      i second this, using garuda on a number of 2 in 1 machines. all touch input working as expected.

      • Maiq@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        It’s a great arch introductory distro. All the advantages of arch and 1/2 the learning curve.

    • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      Stuttering, two finger support is missing (I guess , I haven’t seen an option for it ). And I can’t switch desktops and such.

      • pewpew@feddit.it
        41·
        2 days ago

        My Thinkpad touchscreen works great on Plasma with multitouch support. Multitouch should be enabled by default, try doing a pinch to zoom in Firefox or a three finger up or down gesture to show the desktop overview

      • Maiq@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        2 days ago

        3 finger swipe switches desktop for me. I keep the desktop switcher widget in my panel for when I use the stylus.

        What OS are you using? just reread your post. I didnt have a great time on fedora. It was my first OS I tried. Then I went with garuda.

        • prunerye@slrpnk.net
          3·
          2 days ago

          Yeah, I agree. “Stuttering” doesn’t sound like a touchpad-specific issue. My guess is there’s something funny about Fedora, either drivers or kernel flags or default plasma settings, that just isn’t playing well with that specific device. I wouldn’t be surprised if another distro magically fixes it.

          Edit: Or there’s a hardware issue. Gnome caused the device to grind to a halt?

          • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.worldOP
            2·
            1 day ago

            It did but I’m using a surface pro 4 with a special surface-kernel to make it work. so it’s probably my own fault for playing god.

            (Well maybe a lesser god)

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    34·
    2 days ago

    My solution in the same situation is to use Gnome. I strongly prefer KDE on a desktop/laptop, but Gnome is an outstanding tablet UI and KDE isn’t… except that Gnome’s onscreen keyboard is crap.

    • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      I was using gnome but it made my surface pro 4 basically grind to a halt. Decided to try KDE. It’s much quicker but I get a somewhat stuttery touch screen session. And trying to switch desktops is terrible.

      • Zak@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        I am surprised. I’ve run both KDE and Gnome on a Surface Go 2 (8100Y), which is either slower or barely faster depending on which CPU you have, and I’ve had no UI lag.