Mastodawn

So it has been a few weeks since I got the Surface Go 2 and put linux onto it; I have been on-and-off setting the tablet up to my liking and now it's in a pretty good place. The last 2 jobs is to install the correct light sensor drivers (though I like to manually set the brightness), and install Signal

So I've nuked the Windows install and instead running Fedora 43 under the KDE Plasma Mobile environment as desktop is the most perfect to use on such a device and that has worked exactly as intended! This is true in general: it's been so much more reliable than the ThinkPad 13 with no freezes upon sleep and things like sound and the like just worked outa-the-box! Very pleased over the 1.5 weeks I've actually been using it.

In terms of the theming: I chose the iOS icons (the files one I'm still trying to find) as I really do prefer Apple's icons, and the background is a subtle trans background by naimapanda (I think) (https://wallpapercave.com/w/wp4842190).

#linux #surfacego #surfacego2 #fedora #kdemobile

Evie Musselwhite

Mar 4

So I bought a. Surface Go 2 to replace the ThinkPad 13 as my internet surfing and scriptwriting device. The ThinkPad 13 Gen 2 I bought in 2023 just kept giving me grief under Linux and for the task at hand I missed the compactness and how I could just quickly “pickup” and quickly search something on the iPad 2 that was given to me before I replaced it. Needless the say the ThinkPad didn’t allow me to do the same with the constant freezes when it tried to go to sleep.

Why SGO2? Well according to the Surface Linux GitHub page the tablet has amazing Linux support out-of-the-box without any messing around!

With the context on WHY I bought to SGO2 outta the way: I’ve setup a rather janky station while I’m watching TV and installing Fedora Mobile onto the tablet - continuing the trend of NEVER going back to windows and have EVERYTHING run Linux! My trails of the distro in a VM was very promising!

#linux #surfacego2 #fedora

llit@🏡Dec 29

An der Assembly der @UN_Hack_Bar ist ein Surface Go 2 mit Linux verschwunden. Auf der Rückseite befinden sich diverse Aufkleber inklusive einer von der @UN_Hack_Bar und vom @c3re . Es wäre schon wenn die Person, die es gefunden hat bei #lostandfound abgibt! #39c3 #cccregio #surfacego2 #unhackbar #assembly

llit@🏡Dec 28

René's old blog May 10, 2025

A tablet with Linux

Full post here. https://rene.seindal.dk/2025/05/10/a-tablet-with-linux/

Something highly unusual has happened to me in the last few days.

I have bought some Microsoft branded hardware, and I am actually delighted about it.

As a die-hard Unix and Linux user for some forty years, that's something.

#Debian #Linux #Microsoft #SurfaceGo2

A tablet with Linux - René's old blog

I have bought a Microsoft Surface Go 2 tablet, and I like it very much. With Debian it is the perfect ultra-portable computer for me.

René's old blog

Shawn Brink Nov 20, 2024

New drivers released for #SurfaceGo2 devices running #Windows10 and #Windows11 #MicrosoftSurface #Surface
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/new-drivers-for-surface-go-2-on-windows-11-and-10-nov-14.30785/

Shawn Brink Nov 1, 2024

New firmware released for #SurfaceGo2 devices running #Windows11 and #Windows10
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/new-drivers-for-surface-laptop-go-2-on-windows-11-and-10-nov-14.30782/

Shawn Brink Sep 7, 2024

New drivers and firmware released for #SurfaceGo2 devices running ##Windows10 and #Windows11
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/new-drivers-and-firmware-for-surface-go-2-on-windows-11-and-10-sept-5.28318/

New drivers and firmware for Surface Go 2 on Windows 11 and 10 - Sept. 5

Surface Update History: Improvements and fixes in the updates September 2024 updates September 05 release The following update is available for Surface Go 2 devices running Windows 10 November 2021 Update, Version 21H2, or greater. Improvements and fixes: Solves the issue that was leading to...

Windows 11 Forum

Shawn Brink Apr 27, 2024

New #SurfaceGo2 drivers and firmware released for #Windows10 and #Windows11
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/new-surface-go-2-drivers-and-firmware-for-windows-10-and-11-april-25.24712/

New Surface Go 2 drivers and firmware for Windows 10 and 11 - April 25

Microsoft Surface Update History: Improvements and fixes in the updates April 2024 updates April 25 release The following update is available for Surface Go 2 devices running Windows 10 November 2021 Update, Version 21H2, or greater. Improvements and fixes: This update addresses a potential...

Windows 11 Forum

LINux on MOBile Oct 22, 2022

I managed to forget my #SurfaceGo2's password by not using it in a while. Now I wonder: Is there an Arch-based distro with SecureBoot support, or another secure-boot distro that has something comfortable like arch-chroot? #ask