I installed Linux Mint on my Lenovo Yoga 7 laptop and it’s been great, with the one exception of not really having a tablet mode when I flip the screen. Its not a huge deal, but I watch shows that way and sometimes miss an on-screen keyboard.

The actual keyboard stays active when flipped, which is fine until I pick it up or have it on my lap and accidentally hit some random key.

It seems from some looking around that Mint doesn’t do great with this and I’m open to a different distro that’s fairly beginner friendly, but even better if there are some options I’m missing to keep what I have.

  • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    I use archlinux with KDE and I had to tinker with it for hours if not days for it to properly have an automatic on screen keyboard that is not complete bullcrap. But since then it works. Even on LUKS decrypt during boot.

  • glitching@lemmy.ml
    5·
    1 day ago

    mint uses X11 which should be considered legacy at this point. wayland (Gnome, Plasma) has all the touch and dock/undock and rotate and pen etc goodies. try it out from a liveUSB and decide for yourself.

    • milk@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      11 hours ago

      Why is mint even recommended to new users at this point. Cinnamon is nowhere near Gnome or Plasma and both of these provide much simpler and more unified experience in things like settings