Sometimes linux is just not possible with the hardware :(
I tried my best, but neither my SP7's touch screen or pen functionality work properly with linux (even with the linux-surface-kernel). And there's still no good alternatives for SPs in the market either, for tablet+computer+works properly for art (at least any I could ever afford)
Yeah... :( I got this before win11 was a thing, but had there been other viable options for what I needed, I wouldn't have bought anything microsoft-made in the first place
I'm trying :( but they don't work well enough on my stupid machine
Yeah... my machine got so slow and with every update breaking something new I had to "downgrade" to win10 (I'm aiming for linux, but no luck :( so far, at least). Now everything magically works again
I do have a cintiq as my main art station (wacom definitely is worth the money!), but sometimes I really need the portable one, and a separate computer + tablet doesn't really work for that... And also sadly the portable wacom tablet machine things themselves (movinkpad, I think) don't really cut it for other computer stuff either.
That's what I feared, oh well. Win10 it is for me then...
I've not run those de-bloaters, but I checked one that scanned what could be done with 11, and I had managed to kill most of the bloat even without running it, but even that did not improve the performance. It even takes a lot of effort and needs to be repeated constantly, since the damn shit tries to install everything back with every update. Win10 is a bit more merciful in that regard as well, so despite "downgrading" it really feels like I upgraded this thing instead.
I'd really prefer something like Zorin, I got the memory consumption to 1,5 gb at it's lowest when I tried intentionally, which is pretty impressive with the visuals I could still keep. I'd also rather not to have anything microslop-build, but sadly SP's are still pretty much the only option available that's small enough to really work as a tablet, has good enough pen sensitivity for drawing, but still works as a proper computer... I would never buy anything after SP9 though, it's all some copilot infested shit.
I tried with the kernel, but it just makes the touch work barely with Zorin, so I'm trying to figure out would something else run it any better. And yeah, it seems people agree that gnome is the way to go
Yeah... I might have to. Win11 is only the absolute last resort, since it's such a garbage fire. It installed itself on the SP7 without my consent, and just kept getting worse and worse every update, until the machine barely worked without lagging. Insane that an os hogs something like 6GB ram just for being on, and even on a damn machine microslop made themselves
Yeah tried and failed, I get them working but not even close on the level good enough for art
Tried and failed, I just can't get it to work. I got the pressure working, but the cursor won't focus properly and is all over the place, it's something to do with the integrated touch screen somehow. Not with wine, not even with non-flatpak bottles :(
It might run on the SP7, but I just won't risk an OS install without getting it work on some other touch screen mint first. I've considered trying zorin on this extra one too though, to see if it would work better with this touch screen, or is it just the SP that's the problem.
I'm stuck because my SP7 didn't work properly with linux even with the surface kernel and there aren't any working alternatives (or at least what I can afford..) for what I'm using it for :(
I was forced to upgrade back to to win10 because win11 is so broken it was unusable.. the taskbar is forever busted and wouldn't even display all apps, microslop has no excuse, they build the SP7! And then made an os that doesn't work with it!