> Personally, I'd love to have a screamin' Arch Linux install running Gnome Shell on top of the latest Microsoft Surface hardware. But I can't do that, can I? W

> Personally, I'd love to have a screamin' Arch Linux install running Gnome Shell on top of the latest Microsoft Surface hardware. But I can't do that, can I? Why not? Actually, you can. Here is a link for installing vanilla Ubuntu: http://www.geek.com/microsoft/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-the-surface-pro-1539262/ http://www.geek.com/microsoft/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-the-s... This same process will work fine for Arch because it simply disables the secure boot. The only issue I could see is drivers, but the article mentions the only one they had to worry about was WiFi. At least it's a Marvell chip and not a Broadcom.