linux-surface
Linux Kernel for Surface Devices (by jakeday)
archdotfiles
My personal dotfiles for arch linux (by RononDex)
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| linux-surface | archdotfiles | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | 3 | |
| 2,599 | 4 | |
| - | - | |
| 1.8 | 8.4 | |
| almost 3 years ago | over 2 years ago | |
| Shell | Shell | |
| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
linux-surface
Posts with mentions or reviews of linux-surface.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-16.
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Surface 4 Pro, Linux Mint, Surface Pen Buttons
So with the help of this wonderful article (https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface/issues/495) I managed to get the button(s) on my Surface pen switched around so the correct button acts as a right click.
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Mint on SurfacePro 4 stylus button glitch
I even finally figured out how to swap the stylus buttons so that I can get a "right click" out of things thanks to this article.
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Trying out NixOS
There's clearly some people talking about this sort of thing. And it's a surface, so chances are you don't want to use the main kernel.
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Issue with laptop shutting down when I close the lid [GNOME]
Have you done much Googling? I found this bug report talking about Surface users having issues with suspend. Looks like doing hibernate, instead, works?
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Wifi adapter disconnects from every now and then.
I had a similar issue on my Surface Pro 3 which resolved after doing a clean install of 21.04 (was on 20.04). I also installed the custom kernel for the surface, and it's been working like a charm ever since.
- Surface Pro 7
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https://np.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/nrlr78/can_not_rotate_stylus_input_when_in_tablet_mode/h0jljjp/
I stumbled upon this Github Issue: https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface/issues/415
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Surface Pro 7. USB monitor?
From what I have been reading on the old jakeday kernel's Github issues, connecting1 monitors2 with3 the4 surface dock5 has had it's problems.
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Linux on surface pro 5 with touchscreen support?
See: https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface
- Keyboard on Surface Laptop Won't Work
archdotfiles
Posts with mentions or reviews of archdotfiles.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-04.
- https://np.reddit.com/r/SurfaceLinux/comments/nrlr78/can_not_rotate_stylus_input_when_in_tablet_mode/h0jljjp/
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Can not rotate stylus input when in tablet mode with xinput
https://github.com/RononDex/archdotfiles/blob/master/profiles/surface-book/overrides/xorg/60-wacom.conf ``` Section "InputClass" Identifier "Microsoft Surface Book Touch" MatchProduct "IPTS Touch" MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" Driver "wacom" EndSection
What are some alternatives?
When comparing linux-surface and archdotfiles you can also consider the following projects:
linux-surface - Linux Kernel for Surface Devices
WhiteSur-gtk-theme - MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops
nixos-hardware - A collection of NixOS modules covering hardware quirks.