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Finally, I can use my surface pro 7 again
Oh I guess it runs like ass because it's just a bad OS
I switched to Fedora KDE on my surface pro and it has been a delight. So much more responsive and better battery life. Can recommend it!
I've got fedora on there right now, but even with the surface-linux kernel the digitizer doesn't quite work and it'd be nice to have cameras. I originally bought the damn thing to take notes and read PDFs. In hindsight I should have just bought a damn iPad.
Stop the service: sudo systemctl stop iptsd
Run the calibration tool: sudo iptsd-calibrate $(iptsd-find-hidraw)
The Test: Touch the screen with your fingers normally, then "draw" with your palm or the side of your hand. Watch the terminal output. It will show you the Size and Aspect Ratio it’s detecting. If your palm touches are showing up as "Contact," note those numbers and adjust the SizeMax and AspectMax in /etc/iptsd.conf to be lower than your palm's readings.
This improved my pen experience a lot. I'd go with a touchscreen xps or something similar next time, pens on the go are just very nice to have. And i love typing on it. But the surface did not live up to the expectation :) for me either. But, it is what I have now, so, trying to make the best out of it. I used Rnote for note taking during my last meeting and it was: ok