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Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by hestefisk on Monday June 04, 2018 @06:09AM (#17226259)
Mod parent up. I bought a Surface Pro thinking I should give Windows 10 Pro a chance with WSL on it. Even the “Pro” version comes with bubble gum jam games on it, ads, spyware / telemetry and the like. No way of removing it. I wiped Windows 10 after a week and installed Ubuntu.
Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by nekopa on Monday June 04, 2018 @07:42AM (#17226826)
Off topic, but how is the experience with Ubuntu on the surface. I love the hardware and the pen of the surface pro, but Xubuntu has been my daily driver for a few years now, and I can't imagine going back to Windows.

My main requirement is for a good experience with the pen...

Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by mdibyo on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @12:28AM (#17234997)
Pretty bad. I tried using Ubuntu on my Surface Laptop and gave up pretty much immediately. The problem is a lack of drivers. I couldn't get the keyboard working and the device would never "sleep", so I didn't even try seeing if a pen would work. The touchscreen was functional.
Re:Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub by nol13 on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @11:39PM (#17244195)
Not even a viable option.

Shame really since the techn isn't bad these days.