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Microsoft reveals major price increase for all Surface PCs as RAM crisis continues (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] neblem@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface makes most of the features "just work" in mainstream distros on these devices.

In the laptop that can also be a decent tablet sometimes space, the brand still does really well, though most people are probably fine with tablet that can be a decent laptop sometimes. Hopefully mobile linux projects like mobian and postmarketos allow the later idea have more than iOS and Android as viable options soon.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't have a tablet precisely for that reason. Until I can have a full Linux driven tablet, I'll keep to phones and computers.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude I have a good news for ya. Look for refurbished surface until the 8 these beast run Linux amazingly once you use the surface kernel from https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface. I installed waydroid to get androids apps, buy I noticed I start it less and less.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for the tip. I guess I'll dive into eBay and see what I can find. I want 2 Linux tablets, 1 for myself (reading comics and books since I jumped the Kindle ship long ago, watching my Jellyfin library on the couch, etc),and one to put on the wall as a central command center for my Home assistant.

I really appreciate it, because I did let my hate for Microsoft keep me from ever looking in that direction. Thanks so much bud.

[–] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 2 points 1 day ago

yeah microsoft is really good at making linux shine