Turns out the reply in my thread telling me the best way to combat not caring about Linux is to care about Linux was absolutely correct.

I picked up a laptop, installed Linux Mint Cinnamon, and I’m already obsessed. I haven’t had this much fun with a PC in a long time and it’s just a cheapo Dell Inspiron 3520.

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    8 months ago

    How’s touch though? From what I’ve tried Linux touch doesn’t scroll the way Windows does.

    EDIT: It was just firefox I was thinking of. One line added to a config and touch scrolls just fine.

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      8 months ago

      Touch is just fine, and assuming you have multitouch there are good options for gesture controls

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      8 months ago

      Do you mean touchpad or touchscreen?

      In both cases they should work out of the box and depending on your distro/DE, your default touchpad settings may vary.

      But that’s why programs like touche and touchegg exist.

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        8 months ago

        Oh I meant touch screen. In my experience they do work out of the box, but not quite in the way I expect is all. I’m already dual booting so I could easily test out that stuff.