Recommendations for mobile Linux desktop environments that run well on an x86 tablet? (lemmy.ml)

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I have an unused Windows tablet from 2021 running some Core M processor or other that I want to put Linux on and start using again. It doesn't have a keyboard so I would have to actually use it as a tablet and not a laptop. Is there a distro built around one of the mobile desktop environments that also runs well on x86? (Last time I tried Linux mobile it was pretty much only for ARM and I never got it to work well on even an x86 virtual machine.) Or is regular GNOME deskrop still my best bet for a tablet?

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[-] erebion@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

be sure to not use greeter logins and disk encryption as the on-screen keyboards (OSK) don’t work outside the DE. also, issues with non-US keyboard layouts.

Just set up unl0kr and keep safe, no need to use an installation without encryption. It's not even difficult, mainly just requires installing the package and adding the unlock script path to crypttab.

It's nice to have a device with FDE and Secure Boot, gives peace of mind in case that thing ends up in the wrong hands.

this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2024

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