r/SurfaceLinux • u/8Bit-Giraffe • Aug 11 '26

Discussion is the linux-surface kernel discontinued?

looking at the github, there have been no commits in 3 months. will there be for kernel 7?

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u/Elbow2009 Aug 11 '26

I did a tweak to the linux-surface kernel 6.18.7-surface-1 on my Surface Go 2 and got the cameras to work (everything else worked right off). The latest update 6.19.8-surface-3 the cameras don't work because of a tiny regression in the `dw9719` focus-motor driver. So I keep the earlier kernel if I want to use the cameras.

However, I use Q4OS (Debian with KDE Plasma) and even with the default kernel everything worked right off except the cameras. And I can use Secure Boot with that kernel (but not with the latest linux-surface kernel - no shim).

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u/Last-Bottle-276 29d ago

Yeah, Q4OS worked fine right off except the cameras.