My two AMD laptops do not. Neither of them detect that they have an accelerometer, so turning the laptop to portrait mode doesn’t turn the screen. My minisforum V3 is the worst because volume output is either off or on, there is no turning it down.
All of them detect the keyboard being flipped around and disable the keyboard and trackpad.
I suggest GNOME for getting started in Linux with a touchscreen. There is less to learn than KDE, and the last time I tried Cinnamon on a touchscreen was painful (granted that was years ago, it might have improved since then).
Look into the DE (desktop environment) and find out if it supports Wayland. If it does, there is a good chance that it will support touchscreens out of the box, but unless it’s changed in the last year, only KDE and GNOME currently have Wayland as the default display driver. (Not talking about window managers, they aren’t in the scope of what OP is looking for)
If you are going to use a Debian derivative (elementaryOS, Ubuntu, Mint), stick with GNOME. Unless the distribution specifically upgraded the KDE version (Like KDE Neon, the official KDE distro), most of them are still using 5.27 KDE. It works, if you use Wayland, but it is far less smooth.
For your distribution choice, a Debian derivative will be rock solid, but will lag on getting the latest updates. With an older system, that’s not really an issue for hardware. A Fedora derivative will be cutting edge. The latest updates roll out with each new version for the most part, but that can introduce some instabilities. As I understand it, an ARCH derivative (Manjaro, Garuda) is bleeding edge. Great when it works, but breaks often (particularly Manjaro).
My two Intel laptops work great with Fedora KDE.
My two AMD laptops do not. Neither of them detect that they have an accelerometer, so turning the laptop to portrait mode doesn’t turn the screen. My minisforum V3 is the worst because volume output is either off or on, there is no turning it down.
All of them detect the keyboard being flipped around and disable the keyboard and trackpad.
I suggest GNOME for getting started in Linux with a touchscreen. There is less to learn than KDE, and the last time I tried Cinnamon on a touchscreen was painful (granted that was years ago, it might have improved since then).
Look into the DE (desktop environment) and find out if it supports Wayland. If it does, there is a good chance that it will support touchscreens out of the box, but unless it’s changed in the last year, only KDE and GNOME currently have Wayland as the default display driver. (Not talking about window managers, they aren’t in the scope of what OP is looking for)
If you are going to use a Debian derivative (elementaryOS, Ubuntu, Mint), stick with GNOME. Unless the distribution specifically upgraded the KDE version (Like KDE Neon, the official KDE distro), most of them are still using 5.27 KDE. It works, if you use Wayland, but it is far less smooth.
For your distribution choice, a Debian derivative will be rock solid, but will lag on getting the latest updates. With an older system, that’s not really an issue for hardware. A Fedora derivative will be cutting edge. The latest updates roll out with each new version for the most part, but that can introduce some instabilities. As I understand it, an ARCH derivative (Manjaro, Garuda) is bleeding edge. Great when it works, but breaks often (particularly Manjaro).