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better KDE touchscreen usability?
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this post was submitted on 10 May 2026
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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?
i second this, using garuda on a number of 2 in 1 machines. all touch input working as expected.
It's a great arch introductory distro. All the advantages of arch and 1/2 the learning curve.
Stuttering, two finger support is missing (I guess , I haven't seen an option for it ). And I can't switch desktops and such.
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
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.
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?
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)