Dual boot Ubuntu 15.04 and Windows on Surface Pro 3

Jun 26, 2015 03:53 GMT  ·  By

It has just been brought to our attention that there's a video on YouTube where a guy shows us how easy (or hard) it is to install the Ubuntu 15.04 distribution on Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 laptop.

The 30-minute long video created by the skillful guys at TekLinux educates users on how to install Canonical's Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) Linux operating system alongside Microsoft's Windows operating system on the Surface Pro 3.

Basically, the video will teach you how to partition the Surface Pro 3's SSD (Solid State Drive), install Ubuntu 15.04 and the required drivers, as well as to install and recompile the kernel, because the drivers for Surface Pro 3 don't work in the default Linux kernel 3.19 packages of Vivid Vervet.

"I found this handy guide which was very helpful for me in getting the Surface Pro 3 running well with Ubuntu 15.04 -- I still have to recompile the kernel, but many issues mentioned in this article have since been resolved," reads the video's description on YouTube.

So, if you have a Surface Pro 3 tablet device and you want to install the Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) operating system on it, we strongly recommend watching the video below. Thanks everyone for sending this in!