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Re: Linux on Surface Laptop gen 1

Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 4:20 am
by kevm14

Re: Linux on Surface Laptop gen 1

Posted: Thu May 28, 2026 7:04 pm
by kevm14
Made the persistent USB image with Rufus. That part was easy.
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Wayland is nice. Audio quality is thin, though it does go plenty loud. Just doesn't have the right EQ/DSP stuff. I made two videos comparing this which I'll upload to Youtube or something.

However, ultimately it seems like I am not going to be able to install the Surface Linux kernel into the live USB boot system. But Ubuntu did work. Touchpad, keyboard and wifi worked.

I think if I want to go any further, I need to just shrink the Windows partition (after freeing up space) and play that way. I will have to decide if Windows can manage my dual boot or if Grub needs to.