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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My Surface Go 1 is a really great Linux device with Fedora on it and I use the usb-c to have it displayed on a big screen when necessary. Sadly the cameras don’t work yet..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can make them work on Surface Go 1. Link to guide from developers. It is stated that you have to install v4l2loopback-dkms but on Fedora it is named v4l2loopback and it is in RPM Fusion. Also install kernel-surface-devel package.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah thanks. Sadly, to be honest, I feel like it’s above my technical knowledge and I’m a bit scared of breaking my install by trying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I can help you 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can help ☺️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the proposal but I’ll play it safe as I really don’t have time to tinker anything these days👍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Have a good time of day 🙂❤️