Repair-It

So back to Copilot for research (which frankly led me astray with FydeOS though it still looks good on paper).

https://linuxvox.com/blog/ubuntu-microsoft-surface/
https://waydro.id/

https://windowsforum.com/threads/revive ... ux.365576/
https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_EHEmz_j4o

Made the persistent USB image with Rufus. That part was easy. 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.