Trying to move over to Linux
Re: Trying to move over to Linux
Wow. You have difficulties readingbeaker wrote:Android is based on Linux.Equinix wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:51 am Andy.
Apparently the surface rt runs on an arm processor and it's factory locked to prevent people from installing other operating systems.
There is a thread on xda on how to remove the lock.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/window ... 848/page12
Apparently Ubuntucan run on a computer with an arm processor.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comment ... eight_now/
this link will give you more info:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffnt&q=instal ... 1-1&ia=web
this is a link tells how to simply install Linux Ubantu touch on a rooted Android phone:
https://www.ubuntupit.com/how-to-instal ... or-newbie/
He mentioned he has a surface rt (2012) not a surface go (2018)....
https://surfacetip.com/compare/surface- ... urface-go/
Apparently the RT is locked by Microsoft from installing other operating systems. If you would have checked my urls you can unlock it if it has not been upgraded to windows 8.1 (even then it's possible, but there is a change to brick it)
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Re: Trying to move over to Linux
Ubuntu used to be pretty decent. Same for Mint.
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Re: Trying to move over to Linux
The Surface RT I bought new at the time, 2013 and is running on Windows 8.1Equinix wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 4:31 pmWow. You have difficulties readingbeaker wrote:Android is based on Linux.Equinix wrote: ↑Sun Sep 13, 2020 9:51 am Andy.
Apparently the surface rt runs on an arm processor and it's factory locked to prevent people from installing other operating systems.
There is a thread on xda on how to remove the lock.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/window ... 848/page12
Apparently Ubuntucan run on a computer with an arm processor.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comment ... eight_now/
this link will give you more info:
https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffnt&q=instal ... 1-1&ia=web
this is a link tells how to simply install Linux Ubantu touch on a rooted Android phone:
https://www.ubuntupit.com/how-to-instal ... or-newbie/
He mentioned he has a surface rt (2012) not a surface go (2018)....
https://surfacetip.com/compare/surface- ... urface-go/
Apparently the RT is locked by Microsoft from installing other operating systems. If you would have checked my urls you can unlock it if it has not been upgraded to windows 8.1 (even then it's possible, but there is a change to brick it)
The only upgrades it has had from the time of buying new is that of office.
Now my browser is crying out for upgrade because it says it is not supported, so I have downloaded the upgrade from Windows, "But" the reply once downloaded "this program will not run on your computer". All very frustrating, has on the whole it will not except any updates. Also the additional Apps I added over the years have now disappeared. I suppose it's the end of an era, and I can only also look forward to the same result o my Microsoft Lumia 640ltd and 940 phones going in the same direction in the near future. And I read that this was in aid to develop the new Microsoft Surface Phone.
Always "hope" but never "expect".
Re: Trying to move over to Linux
I'm running Pop! OS which is essentially Ubuntu with a nicer looking skin. I've manged to find Linux alternatives to everything I used to use on my Windows machine. Everything is pretty much set-up now and it all seems to working fine, apart from the mouse issue. I think I'll just get a wireless mouse with a RF dongle rather than bluetooth. Life's too short to be hunting around for a fix.
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Err, did you bother to try the solution that I posted on page 1 of this thread?xandreu wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:36 amI'm running Pop! OS which is essentially Ubuntu with a nicer looking skin. I've manged to find Linux alternatives to everything I used to use on my Windows machine. Everything is pretty much set-up now and it all seems to working fine, apart from the mouse issue. I think I'll just get a wireless mouse with a RF dongle rather than bluetooth. Life's too short to be hunting around for a fix.
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Sometimes the good advice needs repeated.
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I did read it but I hadn't heard of Solaar and assumed you were talking about Solaris OS - the Linux operating system. I wasn't keen on changing my whole OS just for a mouse issue so I just scrolled on past.Username Taken wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 3:40 amErr, did you bother to try the solution that I posted on page 1 of this thread?xandreu wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 12:36 amI'm running Pop! OS which is essentially Ubuntu with a nicer looking skin. I've manged to find Linux alternatives to everything I used to use on my Windows machine. Everything is pretty much set-up now and it all seems to working fine, apart from the mouse issue. I think I'll just get a wireless mouse with a RF dongle rather than bluetooth. Life's too short to be hunting around for a fix.
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Don't mention it
Having looked into it more now, I see that it's Linux drivers for Logitech gear, not Solaris OS. My mistake. I will check it out a bit later and get back to you.
Thanks for the info.
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Why would anyone want to Learn Khmer, when they can just hang out with English speaking people?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:04 pm I don't understand why any domestic user would want to use Linux. Can anyone explain it?
Because it opens up a huge amount of possibilities?
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has computers running Linux. They can do things on them that they cannot do on Windows computers. If there are any who don't know, Bill Gates became the richest man in the World selling Windows. Linux is now a massively superior operating system. Bill Gates knows Windows will eventually die. But he is still making a lot of money from those who have never put in the effort to become familiar with Linux.
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You would think Microsoft would do the decent thing after stopping support for the Surface RT
Always "hope" but never "expect".
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Re: Trying to move over to Linux
What a leap of faith!explorer wrote:Why would anyone want to Learn Khmer, when they can just hang out with English speaking people?John Bingham wrote: ↑Sat Sep 12, 2020 11:04 pm I don't understand why any domestic user would want to use Linux. Can anyone explain it?
Because it opens up a huge amount of possibilities?
Khmer isn’t very useful outside of Cambodia. Learning it does not open up a huge amount of possibilities in Brazil. However, signs in English are located at every major airport in the world.
On to subject of Linux. Any domestic user doesn’t want to learn Linux. Any domestic user just wants something to work. The idea of harnessing computer power and efficiency appeals to programmers and tech personnel. Even the Mac Operating System runs Linux (actually Unix with a Darwin kernel) underneath.
I don’t want to open SSH Shell and $bash something on my iPhone to make a call or read this forum. I would rather press the phone app or the Tapatalk app.
I admire those who go with Linux and the many flavors.
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