I've taken to simply running VMware in kiosk mode. Full-screen Linux desktop (cause life without xmonad...), no Windows in sight except via the "boss key" sequence. Then I get the benefits of using Linux, with the battery life, sleep/resume, drivers, etc. of using Windows.
I'd love to not use Windows as a host, but life's too short for dealing with Linux on laptops. Despite how ThinkPads are great for it and stuff "mostly just works".
The work on Surface Book probably started before Nadella even got the CEO job -- shouldn't Ballmer get some thanks for putting Microsoft on the right track?
It's interesting to see how much positive personal acclaim Nadella is getting for the hardware strategy that was initiated in the Ballmer/Sinofsky era.
> It's interesting to see how much positive personal acclaim Nadella is getting for the hardware strategy that was initiated in the Ballmer/Sinofsky era.
I suspect it will run Linux but you're probably going to lose a lot of the hardware functionality. If you have dual-GPU version you can expect that not to work at all.
I have a Windows ultrabook and it's not worth running Linux natively because it won't be able to use the hardware to its full capacity. Luckily, it's painless to run Linux in a VM.
Will Surface Book run Linux well?