surface-dtx-daemon vs Linux-Surface-Wizard

surface-dtx-daemon

Linux User-Space Detachment System (DTX) Daemons for the Surface ACPI Driver. (by linux-surface)

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Linux-Surface-Wizard

Quickly get your Surface device running Debian/Arch/Fedora distros in a working state. (by SlippingGitty)

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surface-dtx-daemon		Linux-Surface-Wizard
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2	Mentions	3
32	Stars	24
-	Growth	-
6.5	Activity	0.0
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	almost 2 years ago
Rust	Language	Shell
MIT License	License	MIT License

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surface-dtx-daemon

Posts with mentions or reviews of surface-dtx-daemon. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-16.

Surface Book 2 Not detaching & Graphics card not being utilized
2 projects | /r/SurfaceLinux | 16 Sep 2022

I believe you need to install surface-dtx-daemon for detaching to work in linux.
Eventually gonna switch to Linux.
1 project | /r/SurfaceLinux | 20 Oct 2021

I’ve also found this (Surface DTX for Linux), but I‘m not sure if it works, as I haven’t gotten around to try it yet.

Linux-Surface-Wizard

Posts with mentions or reviews of Linux-Surface-Wizard. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-08-29.

The best Linux Distro for your Surface is the Distro you already want to use.
2 projects | /r/SurfaceLinux | 29 Aug 2021

I also have this ncurses script that some friends helped make for those who are less comfortable with copy/pasting.
Will using the surface-linux kernel resolve WiFi drop outs on Debian 10.9.0?
1 project | /r/SurfaceLinux | 30 May 2021

Try this https://github.com/SlippingGitty/Linux-Surface-Wizard/wiki/Solving-WiFi-issues
Help with a couple issues (Surface go Pop_Os)
1 project | /r/SurfaceLinux | 8 May 2021

Here is a wiki page on solving WiFi issues.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing surface-dtx-daemon and Linux-Surface-Wizard you can also consider the following projects:

spotifyd - A spotify daemon

linux-surface - Linux Kernel for Surface Devices

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator. [Moved to: https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty]

libwacom-surface - Patches to support Microsoft Surface Devices with `libwacom`.

linux-surface-pen-button-remap - Remapper for the Bluetooth (Eraser) Button of the Surface Pen (Work in Progress).

kernel - Linux kernel with modifications for Microsoft Surface devices.

alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

surface-aggregator-module - Linux ACPI and Platform Drivers for Surface Devices using the Surface Aggregator Module over Surface Serial Hub (Surface Book 2, Surface Pro 2017, Surface Laptop, and Newer)

surface-control - Control various aspects of Microsoft Surface devices on Linux from the Command-Line.

linux-surface - Linux Kernel for Surface Devices [Moved to: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface]

tokei - Count your code, quickly.