- this is the first release supporting Surface devices out of the box (due the recent `linux-firmware` package)
- people using PPA may have some troubles, since without tweaking, PPAs with obsolete keys are rejected
- ack grep is not included (yet?), due to build issues with perl
I'm a longtime Surface user; you don't really need 17.04 though - all you need on older Ubuntu version is to install a more recent mainline kernel, and install the artful version of the `linux-firmware` package (in such conditions, the installation process will require an external keyboard and the pre-downloaded package).
Arguably, a Surface device can work well as double device:
- windows as tablet
- linux for work, with minimalist hardware usage (no hw button, no pen, the SP4/SB have no camera support)
The Linux Surface community is mostly made of script kiddies, so it's very unreliable (there are a variety of reasons for this judgment).
My personal favourite options for this mixed use are:
- Surface Pro 3: better compatibility, and cheaper
- Surface Book i5: fantastic tablet
SB laptops above the i5 are expensive, and it's a waste of money for a laptop that is not completely supported (if I have to spend 2000$ on something, I expect sleep to work).
Has anyone made a good and detailed comparison of all these grep replacements? People keep saying how great they are, but I can never trust them to what I expect the way I trust grep.
