>Install Gnome on my tablet >Looks nice and comfy desu >Start using it >Shitty Caribou touch keyboard isn't capable of typing uppercase letters or symbols >Can't type my password to log in >Can't type anything properly once I'm logged in >No differing power settings depending on if I'm plugged in or on the battery >Can't set DPI to the proper value of 1.5x, just 1x or 2x >Try various xrandr hacks which just break it even more >End up having to run it at 1x and poke at pixels with my finger
>Install KDE on my tablet >Persuaded by pic related >Looks like fucking shit, but actually has some power and DPI options and stuff, maybe this will work >Start using it >Touch input moves the mouse cursor around and literally just functions as a mouse >Can't scroll by touching and dragging >No virtual touch keyboard at all on Xorg >Can't type my password to log in >Can't type anything once I'm logged in because no keyboard >Try to change the touch gestures, but my changes don't take effect and it just continues to use the apparently hardcoded default of task switcher when dragging in from the left >Looks fucking ugly as shit, holy god damn shit >Try the Application Dashboard widget, just looks like a shitty knockoff of Gnome's overview, but it doesn't have the nice present windows part so it's shit
>Try TeamViewer >Touch input just goes through as mouse input on the other end, whereas if I use TeamViewer from Windows it actually sends through touch input
>Try Discord >Exit from the system tray just makes it restart constantly, have to kill it from the terminal
Why the fuck is Linux such a piece of shit? I want to use it. I don't want the Illuminati fucking spying on me constantly with Windows. But Windows just works. Linux is such a fucking broken piece of shit. Or at least if you want to do anything more complicated than a basic keyboard and mouse desktop.
Touchpad drivers? Sorry everything won't be baby fed to you OP. Maybe you should indeed switch back to whatever ass cradling OS you had before. Seems like you need it with the wall of green text you just PMS'd about.
Colton Turner
Well, first off the only good tablet OS is iOS. secondly, you’re trying to use a desktop distro that includes some support for touchscreens but its mainly for those touchscreen laptops with basic touch functionality.
Zachary Miller
>iOS >Proprietary bot-tier
Jesus at least I helped OP with a come to jesus moment. You are trying to lead him further into his period
Bentley Jackson
>2018 >using a linux
Daniel Hall
Seems like you didn't read the OP. Touchscreen driver works fine, but Linux desktop software (Gnome, KDE, TeamViewer) doesn't support it properly.
Jeremiah Phillips
>>Shitty Caribou touch keyboard isn't capable of typing uppercase letters or symbols
See Letters like K go through as k. Symbols like ! go through as 1.
Easton Wood
>Linux nice meme
Daniel Anderson
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Linux sucks ass always had and always will. I gave it a "shot" again, last time was 5 years ago. Interface exactly the same. Terminal required learning an entire new program because it's nothing like mac os terminal. A lot of Linux is based on 20 year old designs that they refuse tochange and as a result it'll never be mainstream. You can see why, though. I'll take mac os or windows 10 LTSB any day of the week. Im not even interested in running Linux as a VM
Noah Jackson
This, fully
Jace Howard
>Installing a full fleged desktop distro on a shit slate >expecting everything to work out of the box
>Shitty Caribou touch keyboard isn't capable of typing uppercase letters or symbols Thats bullshit, I have used it before and you have Buttons to switch between Upper-Lower case and symbols. Used it to login aswell and my password has symbols, upper and lower case letters.
Jaxon Rogers
Did you try installing Gentoo?
Camden Reyes
>botnet infested malware windows still outperforms Linux on a shit tablet
Daniel James
lagdroid can run x86 vms
David Jackson
So?
Hunter Sullivan
nobody is retarded enough to use linux as a daily driver theres a fucking reason why they use it in server. you only install it then you leave it in a dark place until it dies
Mason Roberts
What model and make of tablet?
Gabriel Jones
I've been there, OP. Have had two different x86 tablets, an acer shitbook something, and one microsoft surface 2. After trying a multitude of distros and different setups, I just had to conclude that the only functional desktop tablet os is windows 10.
I can get pretty close with gnome and addons in the browser for touch scrolling, but the onscreen keyboard will never be good enough.
It doesn't automatically pop up when I hit a text field (neither caribou or gnome onscreen keyboard), and gestures to pull it up just aren't that good. Also customizing the keyboard to have the special characters I need for my language is a bitch (only works in caribou if I remember). Gnome seems to be the most touch-friendly because of the large icons and support for drag-scrolling, but even scrolling through the applications menu is really clunky, and there are still tons of UI elements that are too small to reliably hit.
John Ramirez
>gnome >KDE >teamviewer >discord you are really a sack of shit aren't you. Just get windows if you're not gonna be following any linux philosophy anyways. This mixmatch of bullshit software with a important, carefully designed freedom-respecting system is all too common and frankly fucking sickening. There are alternatives, you can do a 20 second search, either online or by package manager, and find tons of software that does the job better AND respects your freedoms, yet you keep with your bullshit, and then continue to complain when things mess up. I'm not surprised things messed up, OP. Not only because of all of the bloatware piles of shit you loaded into it, but also because of the retardation you showed by doing so. I'm not surprised you fucked things up in one way or another. It's not linux's fault, it's yours.
Lucas Nguyen
>try A,B,C and D software >why is Y software so shit?
Aaron James
>Expects brainlet grade software Brainlet linux is a meme, it's just eyecandy which non-brainlets wrote. If you want brainlet grade software you need a brainlet OS like windows or OSX. We don't want or need more brainlet linux users.
Elijah Lewis
>Trying to run a community madr desktop/server operating system >On a toy (GNU plus) Linux distros like that are for real computers. Use android if you want it to behave like a mobile device.
>asks why OS built by volunteers is not a the same level as multibillion half-monopoly dayum
Eli Taylor
Most cancerous is the Linux userbase.
Caleb Harris
because your mom doesn't love you
Eli Diaz
The colloquialism should be "GNU."
Dominic Cox
>British English
Michael Richardson
This.
Linux is a volunteer based community, and it's amazing the shit it can run one.
Best thing about linux, is you can put it on just about anything, and have a functioning OS capable of running instructions, and is only limited to your own ability to script some code.
Jayden Lewis
unironically why would a passion project of people all around the world be at a lower level than a multibillion half-monopoly full of codemonkeys?
Landon Hall
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Jose Lee
Read the bug report. If it works for you it's because you're on Wayland, not X.
Jace Perez
Dell Venue.
What do you suggest then? Aren't Gnome and KDE both supposed to be pushing convergence and shit? If you look at the UI it's obvious Gnome is meant for tablets.
I have a desktop computer and a tablet. I want to use both. The tablet is portable.
I don't have a choice regarding Discord. I have to use what other people use so I can communicate with them. TeamViewer I agree with and I was intending to switch to VNC or something at some point, but converting is a gradual process. I want to get it just working with Linux first before I start swapping out other software. I don't know what the fuck you're talking about regarding Gnome and KDE. They're the two biggest Linux DEs and are both free. And neither work properly. It's not my fault they don't work.
It's been fucking years and years though. Surely by now you'd at least be able to type some fucking letters with the OSK?
Christopher Bailey
The OP didn't hu/g/box and coddle and fondle and masturbate ganoo users telling them how smart they are for using ganoo and following a step by step guide on how to install Arch that any 5-7 year old that can assemble a lego set could follow. So yeah, no one is going to read OP. And by read I mean, they will read it and then get angry that OP doesn't Sup Forumsroupthink and validate all their Dunning-Kruger addled little minds.
Jace Sanchez
>it's obvious Gnome is meant for tablets oh, how so?
Mason Robinson
Linux is a fine desktop OS.
This tablet business however, is trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. OP was asking for trouble by even attempting it.
Carson Miller
>you need a brainlet OS like windows Windows isn't really that easy to use.
Logan Nguyen
>install Gnome on my tablet I stopped reading here
Landon Thomas
>Want Linux on android >Installs GNU/Linux What a retard.
Kayden Ward
>And neither work properly. It's not my fault they don't work. YA GOT THAT Righdt FUCkiNG BLOAT
Aiden Phillips
LMFAO Yeah... No
They're modern netbooks basically
Charles Ortiz
>Uses Sup Forums >Thinks Winders meme is good
>>/trash/
James Sanchez
Welcome to linux, where the system is as fragmented as it is modular. Things are a clusterfuck because everyone is always choosing camps, thinking they're the next Steve Jobs of software, rather than giving a fuck about how everything comes together. This is one area where distro maintainers could actually shine, if they simply dared to impose limitations on what components are available.
I love this Linux is still best OS You just need a new computer for every task
David Rivera
I heard about a Linux distro called Android that works great on tablets. You should give it a try!
Jaxson Sullivan
>falling for the meme meme
Andrew Reyes
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Hello, friend! Can you please point me to the source code for the Google Play store or any of these other lovely apps this thing comes with? After all, Android is Linux, which is free software, right?
Because it isn't fully supported by obscure Chinese Android tablets you idiot. Why would you even do that? Tablets are meant for watching porn and making dinner, not using terminal. Enjoy your KDE Bloat Pad, I bet Dolphin feels great on a 9 inch screen touch screen. >Touch >Drag cursor >Touch >Resize >Drag cursor >Open keyboard >Close Keyboard >Touch >Resize
