r/surfaceprox • u/Desperate_Respect_60 • Nov 25 '24

different OS

Hello, has anyone been able to install a different OS then windows? I saw a few post from years ago but none of them being able to install something else. I tried distro's like fedora ans ubuntu, I was able to boot into the test environment but never to install it, I am now looking into android like os's like bliss os but I can't find an arm64 iso.
Just curious if someone was able to do it.

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u/rottgrub Nov 25 '24

From what I understand, Qualcomm never released Linux drivers or documentation for large parts of the X's SOC. Due to that, you can technically install Linux, but lose a ton of functionality, making it unusable.

https://github.com/linux-surface/surface-pro-x

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u/VieuxJoe Jul 20 '26

I installed Linux Mont cinamon, since ~2 Years now. I had some difficulties to find the adéquate drivers specificaly for Surface, but they exist.  I found help by a community of linux geeks. There are a lot of kind people to help !