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Yes, Debian runs smoothly on Surface Pro 3.

Yes, Debian runs smoothly on Surface Pro 3.

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12wire
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11-13-2016, 02:09 PM
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I would choose system 76, though they don't have tablets available. I'm checking if someone can try this on my behalf.
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11-13-2016, 02:09 PM #11

I would choose system 76, though they don't have tablets available. I'm checking if someone can try this on my behalf.

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11-13-2016, 07:32 PM
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It should work, I do remember that Wendell installed Ubuntu on it so it should be doable. It has a link to a blog with more info on it http://blog.davidelner.com/dual-booting-...ace-pro-3/ What should be noted is that using linux with a touchscreen is lackluster at best. If you plan on using it as a laptop with touching it for simple left clicks or drag and drop that works fine, but I wasn't able to go farther than that. Not because it doesn't detect it, but as how everything is not designed to use it. Only GNOME has a really basic OSK, no good way to recognize long presses as right clicks, scaling issues (as there was not too many options for scaling asides using a ridiculous resolution) and probably more things that I didn't seen before I gave up. Linux desktop is simply not there yet for touchscreen.
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11-13-2016, 07:32 PM #12

It should work, I do remember that Wendell installed Ubuntu on it so it should be doable. It has a link to a blog with more info on it http://blog.davidelner.com/dual-booting-...ace-pro-3/ What should be noted is that using linux with a touchscreen is lackluster at best. If you plan on using it as a laptop with touching it for simple left clicks or drag and drop that works fine, but I wasn't able to go farther than that. Not because it doesn't detect it, but as how everything is not designed to use it. Only GNOME has a really basic OSK, no good way to recognize long presses as right clicks, scaling issues (as there was not too many options for scaling asides using a ridiculous resolution) and probably more things that I didn't seen before I gave up. Linux desktop is simply not there yet for touchscreen.

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