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Anyone using a surface pro with Linux?
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this post was submitted on 07 May 2026
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I used to use two different surface pro 5s with linux surface kernel arch and KDE. The first one worked really well even with pen input and I really liked the form factor, after this device got stolen I bought another surface 5pro but this time I could not get pen input to work properly. You just run into weird bugs with these deices. Pen input worked with some hacking but then later it didnt work again. If you catch a device that works its really nice if not you loose some functionality
I can assure you the pen not always working is not a Linux exclusive issue.