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Linux for Microsoft Surface devices. It is reality! (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FarLine99@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I would like to share with you a very cool project that develops drivers for correct operation of Microsoft Surface devices on Linux. I myself use Surface Pro 6 with these drivers and everything works like a charm (battery life is good, cameras work, stylus, keyboard, touchscreen, screen). The developers are gods. From myself, I would recommend using Fedora Linux distribution, as I got the best battery life on it and didn't experience any additional bugs. If you don't like GNOME, you can try spins.

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[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Back when I was having issues with the Linux desktop (2016-19), I used WSL to get access to Linux's useful tools. I was always on and off with Linux, mainly due to having components that don't work with it well (mainly to do with NVIDIA and Broadcom WiFi).

Now I'm full-on Linux. Only exception is Apple Music (virtual machine) or some gaming scenarios (dualboot). Stuff like mods that work better on Windows, or steering wheel games (I have a Logitech wheel that works so much better on Windows than Linux).

[–] Logster998@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You don’t need an entire VM just for Apple Music! There’s an open source client for it available on Mac and Linux. They just dropped development, but it still works. https://github.com/ciderapp/Cider/releases/tag/v1.6.2

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have tried Cider before. It's a solid client, but there's some stuff that's still missing for me. I can live without lossless audio, but gapless playback when listening to albums is very important for me and Cider doesn't support it unfortunately.

[–] Logster998@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Totally understandable, them making the project closed-source is making me switch off too, but the last open-source version works in a pinch.

[–] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, since that comment several hours ago I just set up Apple Music on Waydroid, with lossless. If need be, the Android version of Apple Music works pretty well on Waydroid. There's some hoops to go through (Google's certification, the app needing fake WiFi for anything above low-quality AAC) but once it's done it works.

[–] Logster998@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I didn’t know about the fake Wi-Fi so I just thought it wouldn’t work, Good catch! I’ll use it