Testers and Contributing

We can only test the code on devices we own. Every once a while, we're looking for users on specific devices or distributions to verify specific fixes, config files or patches. If you're willing to help out and test potential changes, please add yourself to this list so we can potentially ping you in an open issue.

GitHub Username	Device	Distribution	Desktop
NickyTope	Surface Book 3 (intel)	ubuntu/arch	xfce/bspwm
archseer	Surface Laptop 3 (Intel)	Arch Linux	sway (Wayland)
benajminfaul2	Surface Pro 3	Xubuntu 19.10	Xfce 4.14
chrismin13	Surface Pro 4	Manjaro	Gnome 3
danielzgtg	Surface Pro 7	Ubuntu 19.10	KDE Plasma 5
fabwu	Surface Book 2	Arch Linux	Gnome 3
shieldwed	Surface Book 3	Arch Linux	Gnome 3
Fred-Barclay	Surface Pro 2017	Ubuntu 19.10	Gnome 3
fxgsell	Surface Laptop 3 (AMD)	Ubuntu 20.04	Gnome 3
Knard	Surface Pro 9	Arch Linux	Gnome
lecram1989	Surface Laptop 2 (Intel)	Manjaro	KDE Plasma 5
Newbytee	Surface Pro 3	Fedora	GNOME 3 (Wayland)
RussH	Surface Pro 3	KDE Neon 19.10	KDE Plasma 5
thebitstick	Surface Go 4GB	Manjaro	GNOME 3
sudosubin	Surface Laptop 2 (Intel)	Ubuntu 18.04	Cinnamon 4
sphh	Surface Pro 5 (2017)	Linux Mint 19.3	Cinnamon
oscar-h64	Surface Go 2 (8GB)	Arch Linux	GNOME 3
raphtlw	Surface Laptop 2 (8GB) Intel	Manjaro	KDE Plasma 5
cvandal	Surface Laptop 3 (Intel)	Fedora	GNOME 3
dplrs	Surface Pro 3	Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS	GNOME 3
ckj996	Surface Laptop 3 (Intel 15")	Debian bullseye	KDE Plasma 5
vaab	Surface Pro 3 (i7, 8G)	Ubuntu 20.04	Unity
vaab	Surface Pro 4 (i7, 16G)	Ubuntu 20.04	Unity
buchwasa	Surface Pro 7 (i5)	Pop!_OS/Arch	GNOME 3 (Wayland)
keplersj	Surface Go (1st Generation)	Manjaro	GNOME 3
keplersj	Surface Laptop 3 (15"/AMD)	Manjaro	GNOME 3
taivlam	Surface Pro 4 (i5, 8 GB RAM)	Arch Linux	AwesomeWM
taivlam	Surface Dock 1 (Part #: PD9-00003)	(Arch Linux)	(AwesomeWM)
cowboycodur	Surface Laptop 4 (AMD 7, 16 GB)	Pop OS	Gnome
cowboycodur	Surface Dock 2	Pop OS	Gnome
ceckertz	Surface Laptop 1 (Intel, 8GB)	Fedora	Gnome/ KDE
zoltantamasvajda	Surface Go (8GB, 128GB)	Ubuntu 21.04	Gnome (Wayland)
thomas-ah	Surface Pro 7+ (i7, 16G)	Arch Linux	Plasma 5 (Xorg)
enp1s0	Surface Laptop 4 (13.5"/i7)	Arch Linux	(Xmonad) (Xorg)
nickdepinet	Surface Laptop Go (8gb/128)	LMDE5	Cinnamon
nickdepinet	Surface Laptop Go 2 (8gb/256)	Ubuntu 22.04	Gnome
rlad78	Surface Laptop Go (8gb/128)	Fedora	Gnome
zavon	Surface Pro 9 (13.5"/i7)	Arch Linux	i3
Tyler-Italiano	Surface Go 3	Fedora	Gnome
PhilDevProg	Surface Go 3 (i3/8GB/128GB)	Fedora	GNOME
Dinnerboard	Surface Go 3 (Pentium/8GB/128GB)	Ubuntu22.04.2 LTS	GNOME
wtfcxt	Surface Laptop Go 3 (8GB/256GB)	Ubuntu 23.10	GNOME (Wayland)

Support for new Devices

Feel free to add missing fields in the Feature Matrix or let us know about any problems by opening a new issue. For new devices, it is also helpful if you post an ACPI dump (see below) or run the diagnostics.sh script (download here, then run ./diagnostics.sh full) and submit the archive it creates in a new issue.

Contributing acpidumps

You can also help out by submitting an acpidump for devices we're still missing here. Have a look at this link to see if info about your device is still required.

Open an issue with your device model and attach an acpidump.txt file:

$ sudo acpidump | perl -pe 'BEGIN{undef $/;} s|MSDM.*?\n\n||sgm' > acpidump.txt

You might have to install the acpica or acpica-tools package first.

IMPORTANT: You have to run the perl command from above, to remove the embedded Windows license from the ACPI table. Please don't submit an acpidump still containing it. If the following command returns nothing, the key was sucessfully removed.

$ grep 'MSDM' acpidump.txt