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Questions related to Ubuntu and the Microsoft Surface Tablet(s).

Surface is a line of Windows tablets produces by Microsoft. There are 2 version currently available:

  • Microsoft Surface RT, which runs on an ARM processor and runs Windows RT by default. Since it runs on an ARM processor, installing Ubuntu on it could be quite complicated.

  • Microsoft Surface Pro, which run on an Intel i5 processor and runs Windows 8 by default. Installing Ubuntu on this tablet is less complicated since it has an Intel processor.

The Surface doesn't have an optical disk drive, so Ubuntu can be installed either via an Internet connection or via a USB drive.

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Can Ubuntu run on a Microsoft Surface with Windows RT?

My family might be buying a Windows Surface tablet with Windows RT (Nvidia)? I was wondering if I can run Ubuntu or WUBI on it for my homework?
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How do I disable filesystem checking on boot in 20.04?

Whenever I boot Ubuntu 20.04 on my computer, I get a message saying "Press Ctrl+C to cancel all filesystem checks in progress." is there any way to stop auto disk checking? This happens with and without the Surface Linux kernel. If you want more…
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Ubuntu on surface pro 3 or Linux at all?

What I found out for now is that I can use ubuntu 15.04 touch but no scrolling. I opened: /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf And added: Section "InputClass" Identifier "Surface Pro 3 cover" MatchIsPointer "on" MatchDevicePath…
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Ubuntu for Surface Pro 4

I know the Surface Pro 4 is new, but has anyone tried to support the keyboard and mouse pad for it? None of the input devices (screen, key/mouspad, stylus) appear to work when I load the live USB. I'd be willing to try my hand and creating something…
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Help Removing Battery notification sound [16.04]

First, some relavent information: I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 on a Microsoft Surface Book, using an awesome, reliable, custom kernel from this repository. The Surface Book has 2 batteries. One battery in the Surface screen that can be detatched and…
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Installing Ubuntu on Surface pro 4

I have moved from win 10 to Ubuntu 16.04. I've tried following this article and this video, but still run into problems as the latest kernel version is 4.6.3. I'm still running on the kernel that came installed with Ubuntu which is 4.4.0. Long…
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Surface Pro 4 won't wake up on Ubuntu 18.04

I use Ubuntu 18.04 on my Surface Pro 4. I have a problem with the sleep mode. When my Surface Pro goes to sleep, I can't wake it up with the keyboard, mouse or power button. I need to use hard shutdown. I think the device is waking up but the screen…
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Can I run Ubuntu on a Surface laptop?

My dad bought a Surface laptop for me. Can run Ubuntu on it? I tried and the keyboard does not work, so is there any version available that solves this problem?
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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 camera not working with Ubuntu 14.04

I have Ubuntu 14.04 installed on Surface Pro 3. The integrated cameras/webcams are not working. Applications that need access to the cameras cannot detect them and throw errors that no supported device has been found. How can I get the camera of…
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Touchpad can't be detected( Surface Pro 3)

$ xinput list ⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)] ⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Razer Razer Abyssus id=8 [slave pointer (2)] ⎜ ↳ Microsoft…
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Surface 3 Pro - Touchpad 2-finger-gestures

I'm running Kubuntu 16.04 with the newest kernel on my SP3. Everything works fine except the touchpad, there is no option to activate two-finger-scrolling and 2-finger-tap-right-click. I've found that source, but it seems to be on 4.3. and I'm…
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How to disable a touchscreen on Surface pro 3

Long story short, I dropped my surface and the screen cracked. This is causing it to have false touches pretty frequently. I managed to disable it on my windows partition where I'm typing this from. But of the two suggested methods I've…
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How to fix wifi on surface pro 2 Ubuntu 14.04

Basically I have spent the last 6 hours trying to get the wifi to work on my Surface Pro 2 after I just installed the 64bit Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. The Ubuntu install worked fine and is now the only OS on my surface pro 2, I did not dual boot. I have read…
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How do I use a Microsoft Designer Mouse with Ubuntu 15.10

This mouse is a "low-power bluetooth" device. Supposedly this uses HOGP instead of HID. I have found responses that say you need bluez 5.x. Well Ubuntu 15.10 has bluez 5.35 but it doesn't work. When you try to make a connection, it identifies the…
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Ubuntu on Surface RT?

A continuation of Can Ubuntu run on a Microsoft Surface with Windows RT? Regarding the Duplicate Votes: Technology has changed. Now that Ubuntu natively supports UEFI and Secure Boot, this question can be re-opened. In Ubuntu Release 12.10 (the…
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