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Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server on Surface Pro – it’s not that hard, but if you need wireless drivers you probably want to read this

So, if you’ve looked at this website recently you’ll see that I like playing with Linux on my Surface Pro 4. I’ve tried Ubuntu and Fedora 32 with varying levels of success. To be fair, the linux-surface project has done a magnificent job getting Linux to run nicely on the Surface Pro 4 – but …

Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop GUI on WSL 2 on Surface Pro Read More »

So, previously I wrote about Ubuntu 20.04 on the Surface Pro 4 and noted that it works pretty well, with a bit of tweaking and playing around. To be fair, after I had tweaked it, it does work nicely with Ubuntu. The chances of me running Windows on it again are slim to none. Especially …

Fedora 32 on Surface Pro 4 – even better! Read More »

UPDATE: 22 April 2020 OK, so in the article I stated that I used the stock kernel and the touchscreen doesn’t work at all. I’ve since installed the linux-surface/linux-surface kernel and in fact the touchscreen works fantastically well. It indeed, works better for me on Linux than it did on Windows. On Windows I suffered …

Ubuntu 20.04 Linux on Surface Pro 4 – Working Pretty Well Read More »