I thought the Unreal Engine was running native on linux, last time I checked… 17 years ago…

Shame that it’s closed source and by Samsung. :/

I stand corrected.

That’s what Samsung tried with Dex. You could even run an honest to god (emulated) Linux on it. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out and no one knows about it today.

I think Canonical pitched this about 10 years ago.

They needed to construct additional pylons.

I’d like to show them but they are quite

(⌐■_■) rare-y

I would apt purge that if I were you.

The SSD is still soldered to the motherboard.

It’s a bit older, but the other comments kind of convinced me that MS just released a severely underpowered piece of hardware as the “budget option”.

Kind of untypical for them, especially considering that the surface devices are supposed to compete with ipads and Windows 11 is supposed to run on these things.

I’m quite sure they’re new. Out of curiosity: Why do the specs make you think it’s refurbished? AFAIK, refurbishes don’t change the components. ;)

The form factor is what makes the device so enticing to me. But maybe going used is the way to go.

I already have a laptop. I was in the market for a small tablet.

Thank you, but the other comments have dissuaded me from getting a 4GB device. ;)

There is quite an active Linux on Surface community, so I figured that it’s a bit easier to get it running.

I was specifically hoping for something with the 10" form factor. I already have a thinkpad as a laptop and was hoping for something with a smaller form factor.

Thanks for the tips. I guess it’s really a bad idea after all.

Here’s hoping that the pinetab will be in stock sometime in the future. :)

Oof. Didn’t even think of the SSD bit. The surface devices are generally good quality but the repairability is apparently atrocious with all these soldered Chips.

It wouldn’t have been my primary device, but it indeed sounds too expensive now.

Thanks for the hint. I guess I was a bit over-eager since I’ve been thinking about getting one for quite some time and now this “bargain” appeared out of nowhere. :/