Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality! (upload.wikimedia.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FarLine99@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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:

Awesome additional resources:

User experience from Michael Horn.
Installation instructions (non-official): Link. Link.

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[-] Scrath@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago

Hasn't that project been around for quite a while already?

[-] FarLine99@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

yup :)

[-] neosloth@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Been using it with a SP9. Overall it's been a great experience, but not perfect. Cameras don't work, shutdown doesn't work properly when connected to power and the rotation is funky. I knew what I signed up for though as it is a very new device.

Still much better than using windows

[-] Nuuskis9@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

Is Surface arm or x86?

Just asking for my personal curiosity, that why you don't use immutable version of Fedora?

[-] FarLine99@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

X86

[-] DecentFarts@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Neat! I just started using my surface pro 6 because my framework laptop is waiting on RMA parts. Truthfully, I'm surprised at how well surface pro 6 performs. Having a machine from the OS OEM makes a big difference.