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Linux Surface
Linux running on the Surface Book and Surface Pro 4. Following the instructions below to install the latest kernel and config files.
What's Working
- Keyboard (and backlight)
- Touchpad
- 2D/3D Acceleration
- Touchscreen
- Pen
- WiFi
- Bluetooth
- Speakers
- Power Button
- Volume Buttons
- SD Card Reader
- Cameras (partial support)
- Suspend/Hibernate
- Sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, ambient light sensor)
- Battery Readings
- Docking/Undocking Tablet and Keyboard (for Surface Book)
What's NOT Working
- Dedicated GPU (if you have a performance base on a Surface Book, otherwise onboard works fine)
- Cameras (not fully supported yet)
Download Pre-built Kernel, Headers and IPTS_firmware
Downloads for ubuntu based distros (other distros will need to compile from source in the kernel folder):
You will need to download :
- ipts_firmware.zip
- linux_image-*
- linux_header-*
Instructions
- Copy the files under root to where they belong: * $ sudo cp -R root/* /
- Extract ipts_firmware.zip to /lib/firmware/intel/ipts/
- $ sudo mkdir -p /lib/firmware/intel/ipts
- $ unzip ipts_firmware.zip
- $ sudo mv ipts_firmware/* /lib/firmware/intel/ipts/
- Install the custom kernel and headers:
- $ sudo dpkg -i linux-imagedev linux-headersdeb
- Reboot on installed kernel.
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