Hello all!

Given that Windows 10 is going to be unsupported by the end of this year, I was planning on switching to Linux since my laptop doesn’t meet the requirements to run Windows 11.

My current laptop is an HP Pavilion x360 and by far, my favourite part about it is how it’s not only a touchscreen, but the hinges allow the laptop screen to lay completely flat just like a tablet, (the interface even changes to a more tablet ish version) it’s great for watching movies and drawing. When I switch over to Linux, I want to be able to keep as much of this feature as much as possible. I was planning on installing Elementary OS as it’s designed to be more ‘plug and play’ as I’m not super tech savvy. When I was looking into if converting a touchscreen laptop to Linux, I read that Ubuntu has some touchscreen support which Elementary OS is based on, but I’m not sure how good it is, as all the Reddit threads on the topic were pretty old.

Whats the touchscreen support on Ubuntu like now? If you have a touchscreen laptop running Linux at the moment, how responsive is the screen? Is there other distrios that support touchscreen that are don’t have a steep learning curve?

Thanks!

  • Excigma@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I’ve used an Acer Spin 5 and Dell Latitude 7440 with Kubuntu, Ubuntu, Arch, Fedora and NixOS over the years without many issues.

    I’ve heard that the x360 laptop you have may be a little troublesome but you can always test things out on a live Linux USB.

    • I’ve heard that the sound quality might be degraded on Linux, or certain speakers don’t work
    • The flip switch doesn’t work, meaning that the keyboard and trackpad aren’t disabled when flipped.

    Ofc, there are a few x360 laptops so it might not apply, I’d encourage you to just give it a go with a live USB.

    For using your stylus for note taking, I’d recommend trying Xournal++ and/or Rnote