Hi!
I have an HP 360 which has a touch screen and I never found a DE that is great for both regular input and touch input.
Kde is great for regular stuff but meh with touch, gnome is the other way around.
I was thinking of trying out hyperland but didn’t look into it’s touch compitability.
Any suggestions?
I use arch btw.
Gnome 100%. I personally like gnome for mouse and keyboard use but it’s really a no brainer for touch screen use.
GTK4 currently has a bug where touch inputs will sometimes randomly stop working for an app.
No doubt Gnome.
Plasma on Wayland worked well for me, when i had a 2-in-1
I use sway, touch input works and gestures can be configured too
Gnome has the best touch gesture support. It really is great. Sadly the osk for gnome kinda sucks major league ass. Pretty much every de has issues with touch. But gnome seems to have the least issues
GNOME or KDE. These are your choices.
Definitely gnome wayland. I have tried plasma wayland but it didn’t work as well (gnome apps seem to be more touch-friendly than qt ones) and there’s no built-in virtual keyboard. I also tried a custom setup with sway, wofi, wvkbd, wlogout, and some other stuff but it kinda sucked for touch.
Manjaro Gnome worked with my Lenovo T480s out of the box.
Search “touch” in plasma settings and enable most of them.
Honestly, I tried Plasma on my friend’s 2-in-1 laptop and it’s pretty great with gestures and touch. I haven’t tried gnome but I can definitely recommend plasma.
I can’t stand using Gnome, but it is the only one that’s vaguely touch friendly. If you pile enough extensions in there, it becomes usable. Plasma has always been a disaster for me on tablets. Maybe 6 will be better, but I’m not holding my breath.
