Hi everyone.
I’ve received a Dell Latitude 7200 (refurbished), which is a tablet/PC with a detachable keyboard and also touchscreen and camera. Runs with Windows 11 (64 bit, x86 architecture).
I was wondering if anyone tried Fedora on a product like this. Also, any advice would be much appreciated! I know for example that Plasma Mobile exists, but I’m not sure.
I not tested it, just give a search on the linux-hardware.org page please, with your data. Fedora is listed there too.
You can install Fedora Workstation, Gnome or KDE onto a USB with Fedora Media Writer and test it out without installing.
The touchscreen when in tablet mode may be an issue with no attached keyboard. Last time I tried fedora on a raspberry Pi with a touch screen monitor I was forced to use a separate keyboard for login or for using a terminal window.
The on-screen keyboard was difficult to use at best and has to be installed after the OS is operational.
For now, the normal GNOME desktop is working at 100%. All the devices are working, included the camera for the Windows Hello-style login. Fingerprint scanner, I think it’s not working. Touchscreen just works, and the virtual keyboard too (except when the disk is encrypted, and in this case it requires the detachable keyboard to be attached).
I want to try Plasma Mobile too and see if I can get more battery time. With GNOME and auto-cpufreq in powersave, I only get 1 hour or more of battery life when using Firefox and Youtube (360p video). Not worth it.
Some were very disappointed of Plasma, some other had awesome battery life. Let’s see if I can stay on a Linux desktop. I’ll test Windows later (maybe, not very interested unless I get a serious improvement).