This is kind of a separate thing to my other thread talking about random input hiccups, since man, there’s a lot going on in the 2-in-1 world. I’m so baffled that the talks about them have been quiet, probably due to the AI mess maybe? No clue. Anyway!
I initially was surprised how well linux handles touchscreens now! I only tested MX, Devuan, and Cachy, to be fair, so it’s not a big sample size. But, still, it’s rad to be able to do all of these fancy touch things now!
Nonetheless, I did run into several walls now. I’m currently stuck on how to even begin to recognize the “tablet mode”, because I can’t fold my laptop without random keypresses at the moment. It’s a tad annoying. It’s made even harder too, since I’m on MSI and not one of the typical Lenovo or even Dell series. I ended up with it mostly due to a big sale, but, hey. At least most of the other features work!
Speaking of, if you’re an ex-tablet user (Android & iOS), I do think 2-in-1’s are a good choice. I’ve been told to expect horrible pen jitter, lag, and so on when drawing… and I have no problem with any of that. The only slight annoyance is a lack of some form of palm rejection, and for now making that sort of thing is so out of my depth I’m not even going to try. Apparently libinput has something to handle that, but from what I’ve seen it’s… for touchpads only. Bummer.
Either way I really believe that with time, this tech will get much better. It’s already so much comfier to draw on such a big screen! And being able to also do all other normal desktop things (gaming, code, writing…)! That’s all I have to say about the topic, unless anyone’s got any questions/insight!