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Have to use Windows for work (I've asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification... That's clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do it! My ryzen/nvidia 2060 rig is running Mint and everything works great through steam or lutris (a runner/installer)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is there any distro which works well with touch screens?

[–] msage 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think you're going to have a problem on any distro.

My Mint laptop has touchscreen, and it works even in dwm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My mistake for not being clear, I meant having an interface that's well suited for a tablet. Though I should probably think more about the apps than the rest of the DE.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I believe Gnome has great support for touchscreens including gestures. I don't have a touchscreen to test, though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Ubuntu and popOS does.