I finally got around to giving my old Surface Laptop 2 a second life with Linux. I went with Linux Mint Cinnamon Edition, and I’m really glad I did.
I adore Linux Mint, it’s my goto workhorse distro. If I need a general use computer that I want to #JustWork I throw Linux Mint on it.
One tip: gnome on a tablet is amazing, the best way to use a tablet.
I have a ThinkPad x1 tablet gen 2.
… Linux Mint kept coming up as one of the best choices for people used to Windows …
i switched jobs recently and my new employer gave me a windows 11 workstation.
i learned the hard way that i can no longer effectively use the gui driven interface and i think it’s because i haven’t used windows in an real capacity for the last 15 years and my difficulty with it became clear to my management, so i ended up getting a mac.
ever since then, when i read statements like the one i took from the article above, it makes me wonder if i should do the same thing considering my difficulty w windows as it currently is.
Great job! I’ve always avoided Surfaces because the guides to running Linux on them are always like 30 pages long.
Wait wifi doesn’t work with the Surface Kernel?
if I’m understanding right it had stopped working for them on Windows too…
Sounds like it was an issue with their specific device. Never had a WiFi issue running Mint on my Surface for years.
My dad has a Surface Pro 7 that their friend is no longer using that I’m excited to migrate over. Glad to hear the experience is smooth.
I run fedora 42 gnome on a surface pro 7+ that needed a new home. Great tablet. I do not like the touch screen keyboard resizing when I type to suggest words, but I haven’t found a way to address that.
Other than that, it has been great.
I just did the same with mine! I’m loving it so far and previously on windows I had to disable 3D to use Godot but on mint 3D is kinda usable. It at least doesn’t crash lol
