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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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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/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Voyajer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aw, no Surface RT tablet support. Mine is a paperweight at this point Windows RT is almost nonfunctional.

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[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 :)

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

Wish you best luck. Write here with issues. Will answer if there is internet around 🙂

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far so good. I put fedora on it, and starting to play around. Gnome seems pretty well suited to the tablet.

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