KDE Plasma On WSL On Ubuntu 20.04 On Surface Pro 3
Want to run a Linux Desktop on your Surface Pro 3 but don’t want to lose Windows? KDE Plasma on WSL works really, really well and here’s how
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Surface Pro 3 And Surface Pro 4 Useful Information
It would come as no surprise to many who look at this website that I love my Surface Pro collection. Now, at the minute I only have some Surface Pro 3’s and Surface Pro 4’s – so I can’t really help much with any of the newer ones.
I used to be a Mac person though. The Surface Pro range brought me back to Windows. Then the Surface-Linux team also got me into running Linux on the Surface range, because, well, Windows 10 is pretty decent but I am concerned about the level of telemetry that goes back to Microsoft.
So in this category you’ll find all sorts of things relating to Surface Pro 3 and Surface Pro 4
Surface Pro 4 Broken Screen? Here’s 6 Novel Ideas To Transform It From a Paperweight Into Something Useful
Have a Surface Pro 4 broken screen? Here’s some novel ideas to re-purpose it into something useful
Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Server on Surface Pro
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
Affordable Home Security, Using a Repurposed Surface Pro 4
Can a broken Surface Pro 4 work as an affordable home security network video recorder? Yes it can, and here’s how
Simple, Quick and (relatively) Cheap Way To Upgrade The Hard Drive In A Surface Pro 3
The Surface Pro 3 is not an easy beast to upgrade – this article offers an easy, affordable and efficient way to upgrade the storage space on Surface Pro 3
Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop GUI on WSL 2 on Surface Pro
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 …
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Fedora 32 on Surface Pro 4 – even better!
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 …
Ubuntu 20.04 Linux on Surface Pro 4 – Working Pretty Well
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 …
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Upgrade The Hard Drive in the Surface Pro 4
Can you upgrade the hard drive in the Surface Pro 4? The short answer is yes – the long answer is that it’s not so easy. But we’ll show you how in this post.
Hackintosh on Surface Pro 3. Super cheap, ultra portable
Learn how to install hackintosh on surface pro 3. Step by step guide, including what works and what doesn’t.