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• Screen auto-rotate broken on Gnome | Solved

  I salvaged a Microsoft Surface Go gen 1 from the scrap pile and installed Linux on it. Most stuff seems to work ok but I can’t get screen rotation working in Gnome. I know its not a sensor issue because it works under plasma-mobile, and if I run monitor-sensor I can see its detecting mottion even under Gnome. I tried installing the older version of iio-sensor-proxy-git suggested here but that made no difference: github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/…/689 I also tried the screen rotate exte...

• Post #984807

  Basically Epic weren’t happy with the 30% cut that Apple and Google take from app sales and in-app purchases so they introduced a direct payment method which bypassed Apple and Google’s payment methods, but was in violation of their app store rules. In response both Apple and Google removed Fortnite from the app store. Fortnite remained playable on Android because of sideloading but was unplayable on iOS (I’m not even sure if it’s back yet) In response Epic sued both companies claiming they he...

• Post #974357

  I also blame the Epic lawsuits. How the fuck did they lose to Apple but win against Google, the platform where Fortnite was still fully playable and monetised?

• Post #828273

  Thanks, I think I probably will end up on Artix eventually. I’m going to try Gentoo first just because it interests me though!

• Post #661010

  Hopefully you can find something suitable, sounds like a Surface would be ideal if you can find one for a decent price!

• Post #656157

  Which model have you found? Mine is a first generation Surface Go so I didn’t think there was a previous model? I’ve honestly been quite impressed with it so far though, it seems to run Linux quite well! I didn’t even have to use the Surface kernel as everything worked fine with the standard kernel. The touchscreen worked fine straight away with no config needed. The gyroscope works as well for auto-rotate, although you may need to do a bit of config to get your DE to recognise it (there’s a G...

• Post #131956