I managed to install arch, running KDE plasma. had a lot of fun learning how everything works, right up until the laptop died on me today. I tried charging it, the cable is a little jank but its charged the laptop before. it just died. I don't know. I don't know.
I really enjoyed it till then, tho
Using it for about a week, it’s awesome.
bought a used pro 5 yesterday. been considering using a laptop to try arch Linux for the first time, but I'm worried it might have a negative effect on the battery life. anyone with a pro 5 able to comment on the experience?
I have a first gen Microsoft Surface Go and currently have Fedora 43 Workstation. Should I upgrade to Fedora 44 right now or should I wait a bit more?
Im a complete linux noob,and i want to try it on my surface.
My plans are dualboooting windows and linux untill i get comfortable.
I need help with picking the best distribution for my laplet,installing the distro and then making my touchscreen work. I tried linux mint once before,and i liked it. Im very curious about trying to boot other distros too. If all help is greatly appreciated. If you want easier comms my discord is Dellprecision3430.
Thanks to all the people willing to help!
To put Linux on, of course. I found a 2nd hand Pro 5 with i7-7660U/16GB/256GB spec and a Pro 6 with i5-8350U/8GB/256GB near me, both around 200€. The Pro 6 is a little over but comes with accessories so it comes out about the same. This also happens to be around my budget total.
Are they any good for the money still, and which of these would be the better pick for making into a Linux tablet? Both seem to be fully supported in linux-surface. Windows support ending for the 5 isn't that relevant, I want to avoid dual booting anyway. Is more RAM+i7 still preferable or does a newer generation chipset win out here?
There are also a couple Go 3s for which people are asking very similar prices, which doesn't look like a good deal in comparison given the specs - or am I missing something?
Use case would be trying to teach myself some new tech skills during downtime at work, which may involve some image editing and CAD stuff depending on how realistic that is on these machines. Plus the regular dicking around online and taking it on trips for media consumption. I otherwise have an old (2014ish) gaming PC, a Steamdeck and a phone, the laptop slot is still open.
Thanks for any advice!
I keep seeing references to a Surface-specific image (auror-dx-surface) but cannot find it in the downloads or instructions on how to replace the Core Image with one that has the Linux-surface kernel.
i think that there is just info that is out of date. can anyone point me to the latest info on using Aurora on Surface devices (Book 3, Go 3, and Pro 7)?
Nothing I do is working and I can't find anything on the internet. I'm not the one who installed linux on this computer so I have no clue what I'm doing
Hey first of all I'm completly new to linux and wanted to try it out on my surface to then probably switch also away from windows on my main station.
Now i tried to install the surface kernel but it throws errors that it couldn't find the argument for "kernel-surface","iptsd","libwacom-surface"
Googeling sadly didn't bring any results and i feel like im to inexperience with Linux to fix it myself. Some advice would be appreciated.
To add: I'm using Fedora
Edit: I have a Surface 7
I intend to set up dual boot on my surface and got some questions.
I know about the surface kernel and intend to use Mint.
I mainly use it for university stuff.
I assume it makes sense to reset Windows first to clean that up and then install Mint.
Main question is how to best partition the 250gb ssd?
Current idea would be 150gb for windows, 20gb for root, and 80gb for /home.
I know Linux can read Windows files but if I install Wine on the Linux part can I also run programs that are installed on the windows part?
Any other opinions, thoughts or hints would be apreciated.
I've managed to boot Arch on an old surface 3 and it seems to work good except no wifi and other things because I couldn't download the surface Linux kernel during the installation process simply because absolutely none of you ever take the time to explain how to type any of these commands out.
Like, how am I supposed to type:
curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/master/pkg/keys/surface.asc \ | sudo pacman-key --add -
???!?!
(And no, I can't just copy and paste using Ethernet or USB tether bc ts crashes every time I connect it)
What features on my Surface Laptop 3 will i miss by using the default 7 kernel instead of the specialized kernel? I know that touch screen is one (that i dont care for), but are there other stuff that I will miss?
I am on F44 if that matters.
I updated my surface pro8 to Fedora 44, then the new security update, it ruined surface project kernel.
I thought after it booted to the kernel it shut down, it doesn't it turn the screen off, like sleep or something, but when I press power, it shuts down.
And when I turn it on, it takes me to kernel boot menu. If I chose any surface kernel version, it repeat the thing.
If I pick Fedora 44 plasma kde, it works, and yes, no touch screen.
So what's going on
How do I fix this.
Do I have to wait for another Fedora update? Can I do something? Should I wait for the surface project update?
I created a maintenance update
So any help would be appreciated