After a recommendation from Lemmy, I downloaded KDE mobile alongside plasma desktop to see if my touchscreen would work better.
This took a little tinkering and figuring out but I really enjoy this interface.
^borrowed and reconfigured fastfetch theme from a Lemmy user (lost access to old account so I can’t tag them, sorry )
^ the slide-up app drawer for KDE Mobile.
^interatellar, gui client for Lemmy.
^Tuba, gui client for Mastodon.
^librewolf using a larger UI css for touch interfaces. Webpage is Bonjourr.fr


Isn’t there a surface specific kernel? https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface linux-surface/linux-surface: Linux Kernel for Surface Devices