Christopher

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

I'm just a Midwestern Jesus Follower, Husband and Dad.

Location:: Midwest USA

Gender:: Male

Status:: Married

Homepage:: https://itschristophers.life/ ✅

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:43:44 -0800

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

This is my afternoon.
A friend wants a Windows Surface. I have multiple Surfaces in my house. One is no longer needed.
From left to right
Left. My son's Surface 3 running Windows 10, but hasn't been touched in almost a year.
Center. My Surface Go 3 running Fedora.
Right. My wife's Surface Go 3 running Windows 10.
I'm giving up my Surface Go to sell (the middle screen) but I have to reinstall Windows 10. So, I'm creating a USB Fedora live boot drive that I'll use to install on my son's Surface 3.
My Surface Go 3 will get a new copy of Windows that I'll sell to my friend.
I'm using my wife's Surface to create a Windows recovery drive.

An Oktoberfest from Confluence Brewing, Des Moines, IA is good company. 🍻

#Fedora #Linux #Surface #WindowsSurface #Windows #MidwestUSA #DesMoines
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Sun, 03 Nov 2024 12:44:04 -0800

royal

royal@theres.life

@christopher @beersofmastodon How has Fedora been on the SG3? We have a SP (6?) with win11 that doesn't get much use.

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 13:22:29 -0800

Christopher

christopher@my.talesofmy.life

@royal It works well. Fedora with Gnome has been the best experience so far.
The pen works well in Okular and Xournal. Not too the degree that the Samsung SPen works, but OK enough for me.
Install Waydroid and you have android apps plus Linux. Awesome combination.
I imagine your SP6 will work even better.

Take a look at VanillaOS. I'm going to try that out soon.
Vanilla OS

Vanilla OS is an operating system built with simplicity in mind. It's fast, lightweight, beautiful and ready for all your daily tasks.

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 16:37:10 -0800 last edited: Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:26:12 -0800

Welp. It seems that my Fedora 39 upgrade broke my Waydroid install.

#Fedora #Fedora39 #Waydroid

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 18:25:17 -0800

Tasks app (tasks.org) and DAX5. Wordpress-Jetpack. F-Droid. I plan to add a few more things. I opted to not install the Google Playstore, so it's a good trial before I make a LineageOS phone a daily driver.

FYI I reinstalled Waydroid, it picked up my previously installed apps and seems to be working fine, now.

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:06:05 -0800

Fedora 39... incoming!
#Fedora #Fedora39

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:02:01 -0700

Waydroid on Linux is so cool! I'm getting the best of Linux (Fedora) and a mobile OS (LineageOS) with F-Droid and Aurora Store via Waydroid. I'm running this on a Microsoft Surface Go 3. Pen support isn't perfect but isn't terrible either.

@Fedora Project :fedora: @LineageOS @F-Droid
#Fedora #LineageOS #FDroid #Surface #SurfaceKernel #AuroraStore #Waydroid

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:59:30 -0700

Thanks! This should help you get started.

Waydroid | Android in a Linux container

Waydroid - Android in a Linux container

Waydroid | Android in a Linux container

Waydroid - Android in a Linux container

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 13:02:05 -0700

If you are interested in replacing Windows on a Surface machine, you might want to check this out.

GitHub - linux-surface/linux-surface: Linux Kernel for Surface Devices