# Microsoft Surface Go Linux Instructions These instructions are for setting up Endeavour OS on Surface Go. While you can stick with default Xfce desktop, I suggest installing Gnome desktop for better touchscreen experience once Endeavour is installed. ### What You Need Surface Go Tablet USB C to USB A Adapter USB Stick USB Ethernet Dongle ## Turn off Secure Boot Access Surface Pro BIOS Make sure the Surface Pro device is turned off. Hold the volume-up button. Press and release the power button. When the Surface logo appears, release the volume-up button. The Surface UEFI firmware interface screen will be displayed and you can make changes. Turn off secure boot ### Installation Download Endeavour OS and burn it to USB drive Use the USB C to USB adapter to plug-in the USB drive Install Endeavour OS Update pacman -Syuu ### Get WiFi To Work Download this file to your Downloads folder: http://www.killernetworking.com/support/K1535_Debian/board.bin sudo rm /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1/board.bin sudo cp ~/Downloads/board.bin /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw2.1 sudo rm /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0/board.bin sudo cp ~/Downloads/board.bin /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA6174/hw3.0 restart ### Setup Auto-rotate Screen trizen -S iio-sensor-proxy-git trizen -S screenrotator-git trizen -Ss arch-linux-surface pacman -Ss arch-linux-surface ### Install Gnome sudo pacman -S Gnome sudo pacman -S chrome-gnome-shell ###Keyboard Settings > Devices > Turn On-screen Keyboard on or Off > Shift + Super + K ### Mouse Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Tap To Click ### Enable Bluetooth Install blueman Install bluez-utils systemctl enable bluetooth.service systemctl start bluetooth.service ###Enable Touchscreen Gestures In Firefox Make sure dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled is either set to 1 (enabled) or 2 (default, auto-detect). Add MOZ_USE_XINPUT2 DEFAULT=1 to /etc/security/pam_env.conf and then logout or reboot your system for the changes to take effect. ### Firefox toolbar In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button accepting the risk. In the filter box, type or paste 'devp' and pause while the list is filtered Double-click layout.css.devPixelsPerPx and change its value to 1.5 and click OK. That corresponds to 150% of the classic font size. Too big? Try 1.25 Too small? Try 2.0 ### Display Set Scale 200% ### Install Steam For Gaming flatpak install steam ### What Doesn't Work Camera's do not function but this is not critical for me but might be for some. On-screen keyboard works but doesn't feel as well integrated as other tablets like an iPAD. With that being said Surface is really ideal with the keyboard case.
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Dun dun duhhhhhhhhhhhhn No I do not list any sites that directly contain illegal activity. Guide To Getting On The Dark Web First, the dark web is not some nafarious place where only illegal things happen. It's a pretty awesome place if you know where to (like a big city) There is nothing illegal or wrong with surfing the dark web. Just make sure to hang around the well lit areas and don't go searching for the bad stuff. You know...just like the regular internet. Getting on the Dark Web is not hard at all. Simply download the Tor Browser. Make sure you download the browser actually from Tor and not any of the fake sites. The official site is https://www.torproject.org/ It is recommended to use a VPN in conjunction with Tor if you're goal is to remain anonymous. However, Tor does a great job of that by itself if you're not going to shady sites you should be fine. Now that you have the Tor browser you can browse .onion sites. Those sites are on the DARK WEB (dun dun duhhhhhhhhhn!)

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