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Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!
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I would like to share with you a very cool project that develops drivers for correct operation of Microsoft Surface devices on Linux. I myself use Surface Pro 6 with these drivers and everything works like a charm (battery life is good, cameras work, stylus, keyboard, touchscreen, screen). The developers are gods. From myself, I would recommend using Fedora Linux distribution, as I got the best battery life on it and didn't experience any additional bugs. If you don't like GNOME, you can try spins.
Links to project resources:
- Home Page.
- Table of supported features.
- Installation Guide.
- Page with known bugs and their solutions.
- Wiki.
Awesome additional resources:
- User experience from Michael Horn.
- Installation instructions (non-official): Link. Link.
I'm grabbing a decommissioned surface pro 7 from work today! Just need to order a charger for it, and I'll try this out :)
Wish you best luck. Write here with issues. Will answer if there is internet around 🙂
So far so good. I put fedora on it, and starting to play around. Gnome seems pretty well suited to the tablet.
It is good! 🙂