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

cyborganism, 8 months 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?

julianh, 8 months ago

You’ll definitely need this: github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface

Gnome is probably the best with touchscreens. I had issues with Ubuntu though so you probably want something more up to date, like fedora or arch.

joojmachine, 8 months ago

Also, highly recommend checking out Universal Blue’s Surface images! It’s pretty much everything you need out of the box! universal-blue.org/images/surface/?h=surface

Gebruikersnaam, 8 months ago

Yeah, Fedora runs with wayland by default, which is really nice for touchscreens.