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Microsoft reveals major price increase for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues
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The slightly older ones make great Linux tablets. I use mine for comics.
I got a new surface pro 9 last year to run Linux on it
works great
Heck, my surface pro 3 makes a great Linux machine. Still tweaking it but the touchscreen works just fine with Mint, so even an old one could probably do just fine.
I remember when the first Surface released and Gabe from Penny Arcade was like "wtf this is better than iPad for drawing. why aren't they advertising this aspect of it?"
I don't know if that's still true, but I always tucked it in the back of my mind when I was looking for drawing tablets.
As long as you don't mind the webcam not working, which except for the oldest models seemed to be a constant with the Surface tablets.
Edit: i mean in Linux, as these camera modules are near impossible to support.
Saves me the trouble of putting a piece of tape over the camera
On Linux? Why?
Because I'm paranoid.
My Go 3 with fedora runs like a charm
Which Surface Pro version do you recommend? Are you using Ubuntu Touch?
I use a Surface Pro 6, I know of a guy with an 8 on Fedora. Mine's on Cachy with Gnome.
There is a custom kernel you may need to get, https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface
Gnome kind of makes sense for touch.
I just threw Cachy onto an old Inspiron for a computer to have near me while recording instruments, but a Surface Pro would actually be much better.
How's battery and did MS fix those shit house chargersthey had back when I had a Surface Pro 2?
Mine's okay, the two little contact idea they had is finicky but a little jiggle and it's good, I do keep the contacts clean, little rubbing alcohol.