Use Ubuntu 14.10.
Wifi driver: http://chrono.i0i0.me/firmware/usb8797_uapsta.bin ( Personal mirror of http://git.marvell.com/?p=mwifiex-firmware.git;a=blob;f=mrvl/usb8797_uapsta.bin, to be wgettable. Apart from that, the original link does not seem to be correct, maybe corrupted.)
Put this file in '/lib/firmware/mrvl'. ( Create the directory if it doesn't exist already. )
Kernel 3.17.6 for better wifi stability and for the cover. Download:
* http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.17.6-vivid/linux-headers-3.17.6-031706-generic_3.17.6-031706.201412071535_amd64.deb
* http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.17.6-vivid/linux-image-3.17.6-031706-generic_3.17.6-031706.201412071535_amd64.deb
* http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.17.6-vivid/linux-headers-3.17.6-031706_3.17.6-031706.201412071535_all.deb
Install:
sudo dpkg -i *.deb
( In the directory where the downloaded files are. )
Better grub theme:
Look at https://github.com/webbrandon/Surface-Boot-Themes/ and follow the instructions there.
Personal recommendation:
tlp and tlp-rdw: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp ; sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw
btrfs: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/btrfs
Only use it with caution. You have been warned.
Hi there,
Tried this on Ubuntu 15, kernel 3.19.0.26 and wifi freezes system.