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Kubuntu made me love linux on my surface again
I have been using Ubuntu Gnome for a long time. Then ubuntu decided to ditch unity for Gnome, at first I thought this was great news. When Ubuntu 18.04 came along, I eagerly installed ubuntu in my surface pro 3. from the get-go things weren’t smooth. Something happened during the install that broke everything and…
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Build Linux Kernel 4.2.0 for Surface Pro 3
Ubuntu got updated to 15.10 and along came an updated kernel My previous post will not work with the provided patches so I had to apply the code changes by hand and then roll out my own patch. Assumptions You have followed the instructions on this post replace with version 15.10 Installed Ubuntu or Ubuntu…
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Building and installing a patched ubuntu kernel for the surface pro 3
Some of you have been asking for this tutorial so I hope this is easy to follow. I am sort of repeating the instructions here Assumptions You have followed the instructions on this post Installed Ubuntu or Ubuntu Gnome 15.04 Will be using an Ubuntu machine to perform the following steps. I recommend a faster…
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Dual boot Gnome Ubuntu 15.04 on a Surface Pro 3
update 6: I have rolled a new kernel surface-pro-3-linux-kernel-4.2.0-34.40 Good news everyone! the latest version of Ubuntu 15.04 works really good with the Surface Pro 3 Things that immediately work The TypeCover Keyboard The TypeCover backlight can be adjusted by pressing F1 and F2 The mute button in the TypeCover F3 works The WiFi is…