Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!
Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality!
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.
Hasn't that project been around for quite a while already?
yup :)
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
Is Surface arm or x86?
Just asking for my personal curiosity, that why you don't use immutable version of Fedora?
X86
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.