Hi

I’m thinking about getting one and was looking at YouTube videos but none really showed it in use.

Like how keyboard works and all that.

Does anyone here have experience?

Thanks

  • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    The sole reason why I’m thinking about getting a Surface is because it would make the perfect Linux tablet for quick tasks such as browsing the web, writing emails etc. that has a decent design. To be frank I would like to see it become more lightweight and thin like an iPad. Too bad we can’t get Linux to boot and work in iPads, perfect hardware.

    • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year ago

      Have you checked out Pinetab 2? It had a great form factor IMO and is nice and light. (520g vs. 466-495g for iPad depending on model.)

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yes, it looks very close to what I want and I really like the price, but a sub-2Ghz CPU doesn’t seem like a good investment. Maybe a future PineTab3 will be more reasonable for me. I’m not even sure if it runs Debian/Gnome properly with everything working, software support seems shady at best. Oh and I need a Portuguese keyboard and they don’t sell keyboards for languages other than English.

        • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          Makes sense, it is indeed intended to be a low powered tablet. Pine64’s whole thing is that they make the hardware and the community figures out the software: for example, 3 months post release there still aren’t wifi/bluetooth drivers. I love mine but I can definitely see why it’s not for everyone, plus I use an English keyboard so I don’t have that restriction.

          • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Well if they at least made other keyboard I would might “bite the bullet” when it comes to software. But c’mon… a tablet released without working wifi?

  • the16bitgamer@programming.dev
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’ve tried Linux on my Surface Go. It was awful but not in the way you’d think it would be.

    Pros: Honestly Linux made the anemic processor on it feel snappy again. I couldn’t play the newest games, linux is not a miracle worker. But compared to the bloated experience its better than Windows 10.

    Cons: The smallest features didn’t work. SD reader never worked. Needed the Surface firmware to get the webcam to work and even then it was worse than it was on Windows. No good on screen keyboard software, and from my testing no DE had a good tablet mode.

    Plus the giant red “unsecured” bar on boot was an eye sore.

    I know Linux is has more compatibility on different Surface models so maybe it was just my Go. Or perhaps it was Manjaro. Either way if you don’t have a machine yet maybe look at other laptop/tablets

  • demoman@lemmy.oneEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    I have a Surface Laptop Go running debian. This model is a laptop not a tablet, but it works fine for me.