Microsoft Surface Pro

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The Microsoft Surface Pro is a x86 tablet. Optionally are a cover with keyboard and a digitizer/stylus. The good thing about the surface is that is as handy and mobile as a tablet but has the performance (cpu, ram, ssd) and software of a x86 notebook. And you get FullHD display resolution on 27 cm.

power connector

ground
positive
LED (when this pin has current -> LED lights up)
positive
ground

operating systems

The cpu is amd64, the UEFI is 64 bit, UEFI does not have CSM (legacy mode) support. To boot Linux/BSD with Secure Boot enter UEFI setup menu and select "delete all secure boot keys". This way Linux/BSD can boot and during install add keys to Secure Boot.

operating system	Version / File	Installer booting?
debian	debian-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso	true
devuan	devuan_jessie_1.0.0_amd64_NETINST.iso	false
FreeBSD	FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img	true
gentoo	install-amd64-minimal-20170629.iso	false
gentoo	livedvd-amd64-multilib-20160704.iso	true
gnewsense	gnewsense-live-4.0-amd64-gnome.iso	false
guixSD	guixsd-usb-install-0.13.0.x86_64-linux.xz	true
OpenWrt	lede-17.01.2-x86-64-combined-squashfs.img	false
NetBSD	7.1 amd64 install.img	false
OpenBSD	6.1 amd64 install.fs	true
ReactOS	0.4.5 i386	false

Hardware problems

The WiFi chip is connected via USB.
There is only one USB connector.
There is no Ethernet connector.
It's hard to put it on your belly.

Tricks

UEFI

Hold volume up button while pressing the power button.

The UEFI provides only two options. En-/Disabling trusted platform module and En-/Disable SecureBoot.

USB Boot

Hold volume down button while pressing the power button.

Bookmarks / Advertisments

Surface at Wikipedia
Microsoft update history tells that the last update was in February 2016