Aug 29, 2016 i recently acquired a surface pro 4 and it was instantly obvious what a great machine it is. Just showing off my setup ive got going on my surface pro 2im really happy with how its worked out, most things work a lot better than i. To install acpi on debian, ubuntu and its derivatives. Change boot order by drag and drop, usb storage as first entry. I run arch linux on all of my computers except the tragedy of the 12 macbook so using windows on my surface 3 created issues. I wanted to know if anyone has had any issues either dual booting linux in general, or any problem specific to arch on the surface book. It was then that i realized the need to document the process, in case i ever needed to do. Installing the linux operating system is very easy with this stepbystep guide.
They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own. But many pieces of its hardware, including the type cover and wireless network interface, do not have excellent firmware for linux as of today. I had to copy some ed driver files from windows to linux. Arch linux usb installer shrink volume in windows 10. And, as i said, i use my surface go on a daily basis for work. I got excited for wsl, but after the fall creators update, the interop just isnt what i need right now. Package repositories linuxsurfacelinuxsurface wiki github. For example, it does not fully document the essential pacman command. Arch linux on surface pro 4 with multitouch, pen and. Enjoy linux on your surface book, book 2, pro 3, pro 4, pro 2017 or laptop. The laptop works surprisingly well with arch linux, but requires a kernel with modules and updated drivers, available on github or in an aur package, linux surface4 aur or via a. The problem now is to install and configure gnome, i tried following the wiki, but failed.
To this end, the debian, arch linux, and fedora repositories provide the latest kernels precompiled as binary packages and presigned for secure boot. The laptop comes with a larger 15inch screen which maintains 4k quality with 3240 x 2160 pixelsense. Jul 31, 2012 the book is all cut and paste from the arch linux wiki, i found more help and more information from a 20 minute youtube video that beelined the installation process. When you think of linux, you probably dont think of apple or its products. Go to boot configuration and move the usb to the top of the list. Thankfully, the situation with the surface go is very promising. Arch linux defines simplicity as without unnecessary additions or modifications. After closing your surface pro, or sending your computer into a state of hibernation or suspension the wifi agent quits working. My daily driver is manjaro gnome under vmware workstation pro on my surface book 2. I currently mount devsda5 as ext4 for and i have mounted the present efi system partition installed by windows sda2 as boot. This repository originally tracked jakedays repository on the master branch. It might be crazy to run linux on surface laptop, but there is a way to do it. Oct 21, 2017 my surface book windows 10 slows down my entire network when connected to wifi.
Blackarch linux ethical hacking os gets first 2020 release. Surface go is gorgeous 2in1 laptop for your daily work. How to choose the best linux distro for your laptop. As of november 2019, the master branch has officially switched over to using linuxsurfaces version of these patches since jakedays repository appears to be no. This page contains instructions, tips, pointers, and links for installing and configuring arch linux on microsoft surface book 2 devices. As of november 2019, the master branch has officially switched over to using linux surface s version of these patches since jakedays repository appears to be. However, in using arch i found that the handbook seemed to defer important information to online sources. For the brave, heres how to install linux on surface laptop the more traditional way.
If you do have access to a hub, and you have physical access to the machine, letting you plug a keyboard in, youre probably better off using a fresh install iso. If the same choices are made for the surface pro 5 surface pro 2018 and surface book 3, i think these will be solid devices for software programmers who want to use linux or bsd. The best ive gotten is a flicker on the surface logo before it inevitably boots back into windows. Using linux on surface pro to study networking with gns3. I wanted to use xournal, an opensource notetaking app, which runs natively on gnulinux here are the steps i followed to get arch up and running. I installed the patches kernel for the sp4 from the aur. Linux is a wonderful platform for gaming, whatever your preferred genre. Surface book 2 is the perfect linux laptop thanks to jakeday and qzed first and foremost, big thanks to ujakeday42 and qzed for all the work thats gone into the jakeday kernel and acpi module. If the same choices are made for the surface pro 5surface pro 2018 and surface book 3, i think these will be solid devices for software programmers who want to use linux or bsd.
Some laptops are better suited for running linux than others. Can i install linux on the new surface book 2, or would the. Manjaro on surface book 2 hardware manjaro linux forum. Jun 11, 2019 linux is a wonderful platform for gaming, whatever your preferred genre. Install ubuntulinux on surface rt microsoft surface tablet. You may want to look at the linux surface4 aur package, which carries the benefit of being able to use pacmanyaourt to manage your kernel and dkms. A few months back, i upgraded my laptop to a new microsoft surface book 2 that has all these nice features, like a detachable screen. If you still want to avoid listing the patches in the. Theres plenty to choose from, including realtime and turnbased strategy titles, puzzle games and firstperson shooters.
The free space is for your ubuntu installation starting ubuntu from live usb stick. Install arch linux on windows 10 hyperv ion medium. The laptop comes with a larger 15inch screen which maintains 4k quality with 3240 x 2160 pixelsense display. Here is microsoft surface book 2 boot from usb guide for installing windows 10, ubuntu, arch linux or any other linux distro on your laptop. Also slightly off topic can i boot from a usb port and how does the clipboard tablet part work with linux. Im new have micro surface pro 3 and looking for linux. Once you can no longer detach the screen, you will realize what a grave mistake you have done. Aug 26, 2017 i installed the patches kernel for the sp4 from the aur. Has anyone successfully installed manjaro on it and not dual boot as i would like to. Surface book 2 is the perfect linux laptop thanks to.
The hardware and software of surface rt is locked, so you are unable to run linux, ubuntu or android os on the tablet unless cracking it. To this end, the debian, arch linux, and fedora repositories provide the latest kernels precompiled as binary packages and presigned for secure boot see the secure boot page. The book is all cut and paste from the arch linux wiki, i found more help and more information from a 20 minute youtube video that beelined the installation process. If you have extra ram to spare on your surface laptop, just use virtual box because youll have all the driver support you need and you will not have to change your boot configuration. Dual booting arch linux windows 10 on a surface pro 4 device. Jan 24, 2018 however, i cannot figure out, for the life of me, how to get my surface book i5 with discrete gpu to boot to the hdd. While many linux users enjoy solving various software issues caused by. For surface pro, you could try a regular uefi based boot loader or use a virtual machine software in windwos 8. I installed arch several times with nothing but this book and the 201005 netinstall cd. It was then that i realized the need to document the process, in case i ever needed to do this dance again. This is an arch linux packager that applies patches for surface devices to the linux kernel of your choice. Jul 22, 2018 i decided to deploy arch linux on windows hyperv virtual mashine for my bash needs. I have successfully installed manjaro on my 2014 mbp and it runs like a charm. Im getting a surface book in about a week, and wanted to install arch.
After a botched mint installation, i succeeded in my second attempt a day later. Anyone got arch linux to work with the surface book. Install arch linux on windows 10 hyperv dzone cloud. Aug, 2019 this is a stepbystep guide describing the steps i took to install linux mint 19. When the surface logo appears, release the volumedown button. Ok, anyone that has been reading my blog for the past year or two knows how i enjoy arch linux in particular manjaro gnome i am also still very much intrigued by the idea of windows subsystem for linux or wsl which properly debuted in the windows 10 anniversary edition back in mid2016. This book is nothing, its 16 point font and barely 100 pages long. Any possibilities to add linux surface pro 2017 support. Surface book 2 comes with sleek silver magnesium finishing with a great keyboard. With the new rasparch build 190809 release, you can now install and run the latest arch linux operating system on the raspberry. But, as these things often go, my involvement has slid down to minimal levels over time.
I give it 6 threads out of the 8 and a hefty 12gb of ram out of the total 16gb damn microsoft, we need more ram nowadays that the cool kids deploy stupid ass apps with heavy jscss coating that eats. Mostly, it was hard to view and edit onenote files across my devices. The following repositories aim to help you keep your kernel and accompanying software uptodate. My surface book windows 10 slows down my entire network when connected to wifi. The archwiki entry for the sb2 has been updated as well to reflect the latest changes, but now its basically everything but the camera works. Can i install linux on the new surface book 2, or would.
Also, taking it to the microsoft store wont help since you just chucked your warranty out the window by tamperi. As a developer, i prefer to use linux or macos for anything related to code since the unix system makes it so much easier. A github repo to track the support of the surface pro 3 in archlinux was created. But some linux users actually prefer to run it on apples macbook laptops. Blackarch linux is an arch linuxbased penetration testing distribution targeted at penetration testers, ethical hackers. Jan 25, 2019 here is microsoft surface book 2 boot from usb guide for installing windows 10, ubuntu, arch linux or any other linux distro on your laptop. So as i continue to find workarounds and fixes for running archlinux on my microsoft surface book i will post them here is a great quick and dirty fix for the wifi issue. It is a way for this site to earn advertising fees by advertising or linking to certain products andor services. So without wasting time lets start with the process of installing ubuntu on microsoft surface go. The easiest way for arch linux users is to use a surface pro 3 specific package available in the aur linux surfacepro3git aur. I installed mint in dual boot on a surface pro 4, nearly everything is working ok including most of the keyboardcover except.
If the surface book is off, or the wireless network adapter is disabled, my other windows 7 laptop, my arch linux box, and my phone all work fine. I wanted to use xournal, an opensource notetaking app, which runs natively on gnu linux. This system is unique in that it has a detatchable tablet and second graphics card in the base. Upon connecting my surface book all wifi usage slows to a halt. I decided to deploy arch linux on windows hyperv virtual mashine for my bash needs. This sent me down the rabbit hole of installing ubuntu 17. Well heres the quick and dirty for arch linux on the surface book everything pretty much works except for the touchscreenpen and the external gpu if you got one tbh thats probably never going to work in the near future the wifi works for the most part but is still prone to jankiness where it just stops working without a restart. It ships software as released by the original developers with minimal distributionspecific downstream changes. Searching for a good book about arch linux the system is working, but i always need to execute dhcpcd when i login to make the internet works.
Surface book 2 is the perfect linux laptop thanks to jakeday. Surface book slows down entire network when connected to wifi. Having a tablet for casual use, while still having the capabilities of a powerful computer that you can use with a normal keyboard and mouse is extremely convenient. This book contains many real life examples derived from the authors experience as a linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant.
Feb 10, 2020 just showing off my setup ive got going on my surface pro 2im really happy with how its worked out, most things work a lot better than i could have expected it to for some kind of strange. Dell xps 2in1 9365 the new dell xps 2in1 7390 is the model released in mid 2019 in most territories and is the second iteration of the dell xps 2in1 series, including an updated 10th generation intel ice lake processor with iris plus integrated graphics. Now that weve got that, everything that matters works. Boot linux external hdd on surface book microsoft community. However you have the option also to install ubuntu on an encrypted partition. Dec 29, 2019 blackarch linux is an arch linux based penetration testing distribution targeted at penetration testers, ethical hackers. My previous laptop and current desktop run arch linux as the. Microsoft surface book 2 boot from usb for windows and linux. Package repositories linuxsurfacelinuxsurface wiki.
As of november 2019, the master branch has officially switched over to using linuxsurfaces version of these patches since jakedays repository appears to be no longer actively maintained. The thirdgeneration surface book has just been launched. Rasparch project now lets you run arch linux on your. My daily driver is a 2019 i7 surface book 2 with discrete graphics card. Oct 06, 2009 this is a great installation guide for arch linux.
Ive been with arch for some time, taking the leadership of this beast over from judd back in 2007. I tried editing the uefi boot order, disabling secure boot, holding down the volume button when booting, etc. How to choose the best linux distro for your laptop techradar. I decided to give another route a try, and the results are very interesting. Arch linux needs involved leadership to make hard decisions and direct the project where it needs to go.