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 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.
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.
Just an FYI. I just went through a giant debacle doing this. Surface pro 8 top of the line 32gb ram model. DO NOT expect the touch to be phone or daily driver ready. Text box keyboards do not pop up or if they do its so delayed in typing that you’ll give up using it. ZERO 3rd party software closes the gap, onboard or any other keyboard that is virtual won’t help. Stick with the Folio or keyboard and mouse and your good. Linux is no quite there for touch support atleast not Mint.
The battery life will be a few hours at best even tweaked to hell for energy savings. It will get hot under any real usage beyond browsing and a handful of tabs. Especially while charging and using.
I tried the new Dell 2 in 1, the Surface pro 8, I ended up back on a laptop its just smoother and easier and the overall hardware is better including battery. I was wanting this to work so bad. The slate concept seems good on paper but not IRL. There’s a reason they haven’t gained as much traction in the market as you’d expect.
Yeah…I bought the Dell too. It also bothers me that the camera module is still not compatible. Even though they’re supposed to be intel-made.