# jakeday/linux-surface

Linux Kernel for Surface Devices

Repository: https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jakeday-linux-surface
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-05-28T19:10:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3309, "days_push": 1923, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2556, forks 232 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:00.765664+00:00)

## What it is
A patched Linux kernel build enabling Linux to run on Microsoft Surface devices. This original repository is no longer maintained and the project has moved to the community-run linux-surface organization.

## Use cases
- run linux on a microsoft surface laptop
- install ubuntu on surface pro
- get touchscreen and pen working on surface under linux
- kernel patches for surface devices
- dual boot linux on surface book

## When to avoid
- you want an actively maintained surface kernel - use linux-surface/linux-surface instead
- you need support for recent surface hardware or recent kernel versions
- you need security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: embedded
- domain: operating-systems, hardware
- platform: -
- tags: linux-kernel, microsoft-surface, device-support, hardware-drivers, superseded, kernel, linux

## Member repositories
- jakeday/linux-surface (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.765664+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:23:40.046279+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/jakeday/linux-surface (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:00.765664+00:00, sha 7ff2c67d324c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.