After a recommendation from Lemmy, I downloaded KDE mobile alongside plasma desktop to see if my touchscreen would work better.
This took a little tinkering and figuring out but I really enjoy this interface.
^borrowed and reconfigured fastfetch theme from a Lemmy user (lost access to old account so I can't tag them, sorry)
^ the slide-up app drawer for KDE Mobile.
^interatellar, gui client for Lemmy.
^Tuba, gui client for Mastodon.
Does the touch screen work without problems? did you follow some sort of tutorial or was it as straightforward as installing linux on a compatible device. Also what is the base linux you used?
this is the secret sauce for surface devices: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface