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I'm in team wired. Nothing can beat its reliability and performance.
I guess I’ll go with a second hand wired mouse but I don’t like that I’m giving up on bluetooth on Linux. It feels like something which should be a given.
The same Microsoft Mobile Mouse works perfectly with my MacBook Pro 2012 with Fedora on it..
Neither should you give up blutooth on linux. It is microsoft's fault for using proprietary drivers for bluetooth instead of using a card that has open source support (like all the intel wireless cards are top of the line and have great open source support, they could have used that)
Yeah you’re clearly right.
But when I bought it in 2019 during my separation I was short on time and money and I didn’t thought I’d go back to linux after a few years iatus.
Now I’d try to buy a nice second hand linux friendly machine 😇
Yeah none of this is your fault. You bought what you had to and made sense at the time.
Do this only if it makes financial sense. Other than the bluetooth issues, your Surface go must be working fine.
Edit : As for your mouse, you can get one with a 2.4GHz wireless dongle/usb receiver. That way you get a wireless mouse without needing to use bluetooth.
Oh I’m clearly not getting rid of my Surface Go for the next five years at least since it’s a perfect little computer to hook up to a screen and easily transport when needed.
I was just saying that now I’d be wiser and do more research about Linux compatibility before buying, even second hand 😇