Bringing Linux to the Surface | LAS 430
Posted on: August 14, 2016
Posted in: Featured, Linux Action Show, Video

We try out Linux on the Microsoft Surface Pro & the results were much better than we expected. We share this odd journey towards the perfect laptop…. Or Tablet…
Plus the major security flaw in the Linux Kernel, the btrfs project recommends you use ZFS, Red Hat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops & more!
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Microsoft’s Best Linux Laptop?
Surface 3’s touchscreen will soon work with Linux | TechRadar
There’s some good news for those of you who have been mulling the possibility of installing Linux on your Surface 3, as support for the touchscreen is included with the new release candidate of version 4.8 of the Linux Kernel.
Surface Pro 1 Specs
- Software – Windows 8 Pro. Upgradeable to Windows 8.1 Pro
- Exterior – Dimensions: 10.81 in (27.5 cm) x 6.81 in (17.3 cm) x 0.53 in (13.46 mm)
Weight: Less than 2lbs
Casing: VaporMg
Color: Dark Titanium
Integrated kickstand
Physical buttons: Volume, Power, and Windows button
- Storage* and Memory – 64GB, 128GB
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Display – Screen: 10.6 inch ClearType Full HD Display
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 (widescreen)
Touch: 10-point multi-touch
CPU and Wireless
3rd Gen Intel Core i5 Processor
4GB RAM
Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)
Bluetooth®4.0 technology
Battery Life – 42 W-h
Camera, Video, and Audio
Two 720p HD cameras, front and rear-facing
Microphone
Stereo speakers
Full-size USB 3.0
microSDXC card slot
Headset jack
Mini DisplayPort
Cover port
Sensors
Ambient light sensor
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
Magnetometer
Power Supply
48W power supply (including 5W USB for accessory charging)
Surface Pro Pen Included
Linux Resources for the Surface
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Microsoft ‘Patch’ Blocks Linux Installs On Locked-Down Windows RT Computers
- Microsoft ‘Patch’ Blocks Linux Installs On Locked-Down Windows RT Computers
- Ubuntu 16.04 Surface Book : SurfaceLinux
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The Darpa Cyber Grand Challenge at DefCon 24, Runs Linux
Desktop App Pick
httping
Httping is like ‘ping‘ but for http-requests.
Give it an url, and it’ll show you how long it takes to connect, send a request and retrieve the reply (only the headers). Be aware that the transmission across the network also takes time! So it measures the latency of the webserver + network.
It supports, of course, IPv6.
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AllTube Download
youtube-dl is a command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and a few more sites.
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Linux bug leaves USA Today, other top sites vulnerable to serious hijacking attacks
The vulnerability resides in the design and implementation of RFC 5961, a relatively new Internet standard that’s intended to prevent certain classes of hacking attacks. In fact, the protocol is designed in a way that it can easily open Internet users to so-called blind off-path attacks, in which hackers anywhere on the Internet can detect when any two parties are communicating over an active transmission control protocol connection.
GUADEC 2016
The 2016 edition of GUADEC will happen in Karlsruhe, Germany from August 12 — 14 for the core conference days. Come early or stay after for workshops on August 11 **andBoFs and hackfests from August 15 — 17**. All conference events and workshops will be held at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology located in the heart of the city. We would like to thank our sponsors for making the event happen.
RedHat is hiring to make Linux run better on laptops
This will be quite varied work and we expect you to be part of a team which will be looking at anything from driver bugs, battery life issues, implementing new stacks, biometric login and enabling existing features in the kernel or in low level libraries in the user interface.
Be aware of Btrfs raid5/6 serious data-loss bugs https://t.co/5ztwIX6QBI Consider using ZFS on Linux before the bugs are fixed.
— Btrfs (@btrfs) August 8, 2016
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