• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I have an OG Surface Pro. The first one. It’s running Windows 10 at the moment and it’s doing fine except for the occasional wifi/Bluetooth bugs. I’m using it exclusively in tablet mode with the pen. No keyboard.

    When Windows 10 is going to reach its end of life, I’d like to install Linux on it. But I need it to have a tablet style interface with gestures if possible.

    Do I need any special distro or drivers on that hardware? And what would you recommend as the desktop environment?

  • ULS@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Is KDE good for touch? I always though gnome would be the way to go for touch.

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Surface Laptop 3 running Kubuntu, such an improvement over what it was “designed” for.

    I’m sure it is an improvement until… you’ve to use Wine to run something Windows only or a VM and end up on the exact same spot as initially but with extra steps and less performance. 😂 😂 😂

  • wingsfortheirsmiles@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Getting a surface pro 8 soon, looking forward to getting Linux on it!

    Edit: installed Pop OS on my SP8, had to switch to Wayland and also needed to do some tweaks to get the keyboard to work to decrypt but it’s running well so far. I believe you can get the camera working with the proprietary camera stack but it’s not a priority for me right now

  • JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got a Surface Pro 5 with the dogshit m3 processor and 4GB of Ram, anyone have any concept of how it’d run under linux? It basically folds at any real task in Windows