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anyone using a surface tablet? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm thinking about getting one and was looking at YouTube videos but none really showed it in use.

Like how keyboard works and all that.

Does anyone here have experience?

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I used a pro 7+ for a while with Fedora on it and it ran just fine. The stylus worked generally well, too. Eventually I put Win 11 back on it to be able to use the camera (it was not yet supported by the linux-surface project and still may not be?) and it worked well enough with WSL that I kept it that way. I generally spent my time in firefox and windows terminal with little to no trouble at all (after de-clawing windows the best I could).

Note that the keyboard is about what you'd expect for such a flat thing. I'm pretty sure it's rubber dome and not butterfly switches. It's not a great experience but it's no worse than your average laptop.