On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 12:54 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
- I wish more tabletty gestures worked on touchscreens. Does any normal Linux desktop do better? I actually have a few devices with Fedora that have detachable keyboards; Fedora feels somewhat crippled without a keyboard.
I have an ASUS T100TA that I use in lieu of a laptop on occasion because of its size. I never use the touchscreen (I tried and failed with Linux on a Nexus 7). I use the detachable keyboard as a stand, preferring my ThinkPad compact bluetooth keyboard (my eyes need the extra space between keyboard and screen). I run Fedora Rawhide on my work laptop to be able to use a relatively recent version of GNOME. Before Ubuntu was introduced, I would run Debian Unstable with bits of Experimental for the same reason. For a couple of years I ran KDE (the default) on SLES at work before new ownership outlawed Linux in my server room. I began seven years as an Ubuntu user excited about what was happening on the desktop, and finished it not caring a bit. When GNOME 3.0 came out, I got excited all over again. I switched to openSUSE, then Fedora. My work is done in FreeCAD and a number of CAD programs that run on Win7 in GNOME Boxes. I had to switch to the X session for a couple of weeks this year because of a Wayland issue recognizing right-click events in FreeCAD. I have Fedora Atomic Workstation parallel-installed ("inside" my existing workstation) where I run git and emacs -nw in buildah in GNOME Terminal for documentation editing. Mike