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If it will run Linux, I'll buy one immediately...

by rufugee 10y ago

blackoil 10y ago
At minimum Ubuntu in Windows will be there.
- pritambaral 10y ago
  That is not what a Linux user usually means when they say "If <device xyz> will run Linux". Windows Subsystem for Linux doesn't support (officially, or even cleanly) any graphical Linux apps, for one.
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wlesieutre 10y ago
r/surfacelinux will be the place to watch for info on that. The other Surface models are mostly workable.
virtualritz 10y ago
+1 I couldn't imagine why it wouldn't run Linux. :) Only blocker I could see for myself is GPU upgradeability.
jasonkostempski 10y ago
If you run Linux on your desktop, even if it's not your main motivation, I assume you have a basic idea as to why it's likely a bad idea to trust a product from Microsoft. Please don't fund their efforts to lock-down the PC market.
theandrewbailey 10y ago
And spend $2,500+ on what is essentially a fancy display? I doubt that any distro or app would support the gadgets that this comes with.
igravious 10y ago
This looks incredible. I'm writing this from Ubuntu 16.10 (so I'm no Microsoft fan) on a Dell laptop and I have to say that I am super envious. The hardware/software combo on offer here looks truly innovative. That Surface Dial, the possibilities are … endless, sorry to sound so clichéd. Can we please stop with the comparisons in the other comments to Apple please? :) You'd swear they were the only other tech company in existence. Sheesh, it's like living in a bubble. I wish Microsoft success with this, and I hope they continue to open source their software offerings and keep opening up their hardware technical specifications. We really need Microsoft to remain an innovative and cooperative part of the community. Microsoft cannot outcompete Linux, not in the long run, it's impossible. I know it may not seem possible right now but I reckon in the future Windows will have maybe 10% of the desktop OS market, Apple will have 10%, and Linux will have 80% split between different flavours: Google, Amazon, Canonical, Samsung, HTC, Xiaomi, whoever wants in basically. When that happens Microsoft needs to have a lot of hardware/software combos on offer, phones, tablets, laptops, all-in-ones, consoles, media boxes, you name it, with tight integration. It's entirely possible given the direction Google is heading that they'll fork Android/ChromeOS. Don't think it is possible? It'll happen. Chromebooks already outsell Macs in some locales: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/23/chromeboo.. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/23/chromeboo.... I guarantee within five years there'll be a version of Microsoft Office for some flavour of desktop Linux. Went on a _bit_ of a sidetracked ramble there. Anywho, neato hardware offering Microsoft!
mizzao 10y ago
I've been running Ubuntu virtualized in Windows 10 on my Surface Book (VirtualBox) and it's a great way to get around driver issues - everything works great on W10 and it just gets passed through to the VM.

If it will run Linux, I'll buy one immediately...

by rufugee 10y ago

If it will run Linux, I'll buy one immediately...

blackoil 10y ago

At minimum Ubuntu in Windows will be there.

pritambaral 10y ago
That is not what a Linux user usually means when they say "If <device xyz> will run Linux". Windows Subsystem for Linux doesn't support (officially, or even cleanly) any graphical Linux apps, for one.

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wlesieutre 10y ago

r/surfacelinux will be the place to watch for info on that. The other Surface models are mostly workable.

virtualritz 10y ago

+1 I couldn't imagine why it wouldn't run Linux. :) Only blocker I could see for myself is GPU upgradeability.

jasonkostempski 10y ago

If you run Linux on your desktop, even if it's not your main motivation, I assume you have a basic idea as to why it's likely a bad idea to trust a product from Microsoft. Please don't fund their efforts to lock-down the PC market.

theandrewbailey 10y ago

And spend $2,500+ on what is essentially a fancy display? I doubt that any distro or app would support the gadgets that this comes with.

igravious 10y ago

This looks incredible. I'm writing this from Ubuntu 16.10 (so I'm no Microsoft fan) on a Dell laptop and I have to say that I am super envious. The hardware/software combo on offer here looks truly innovative. That Surface Dial, the possibilities are … endless, sorry to sound so clichéd. Can we please stop with the comparisons in the other comments to Apple please? :) You'd swear they were the only other tech company in existence. Sheesh, it's like living in a bubble. I wish Microsoft success with this, and I hope they continue to open source their software offerings and keep opening up their hardware technical specifications. We really need Microsoft to remain an innovative and cooperative part of the community. Microsoft cannot outcompete Linux, not in the long run, it's impossible. I know it may not seem possible right now but I reckon in the future Windows will have maybe 10% of the desktop OS market, Apple will have 10%, and Linux will have 80% split between different flavours: Google, Amazon, Canonical, Samsung, HTC, Xiaomi, whoever wants in basically. When that happens Microsoft needs to have a lot of hardware/software combos on offer, phones, tablets, laptops, all-in-ones, consoles, media boxes, you name it, with tight integration. It's entirely possible given the direction Google is heading that they'll fork Android/ChromeOS. Don't think it is possible? It'll happen. Chromebooks already outsell Macs in some locales: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/23/chromeboo.. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/23/chromeboo.... I guarantee within five years there'll be a version of Microsoft Office for some flavour of desktop Linux. Went on a _bit_ of a sidetracked ramble there. Anywho, neato hardware offering Microsoft!

mizzao 10y ago

I've been running Ubuntu virtualized in Windows 10 on my Surface Book (VirtualBox) and it's a great way to get around driver issues - everything works great on W10 and it just gets passed through to the VM.