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MX Linux erfolgreich auf einem Surface Laptop installiert. Mit Touch Display und allem pipapo. Sehr nett 😀

I've been running a MS Surface 🪟 for about 10 years now; got plenty of use out of it. In the last few years I ran Linux Mint 🐧🍃 on it with its measly 4GB of RAM 🤏🐏.

However, the battery is all puffed up 💣. I ordered a new Framework laptop to replace it finally ⚙️💻!

The day before my new laptop arrived, the old one shat the bed, where I had to use fsck to fix the drive. The day that it arrives, that issue happened twice!

Talk about perfect timing!

#MSSurface #Linux #LinuxMint #FrameWork

The MS Surface where the battery has expanded to push the screen out and you can see inside from the bottom.

New FrameWork laptop still in its packaging.

What do I need to restart in task manager to restart the stylus functionality on my MS surface Pro?

Or some other thing I can try to maybe fix this very silly mess I've got myself in ?

Problem:
my stylus isn't working

Probable Solution:
restart the computer and let it do the updates it's been wanting to do for a rather long time now

Problem with that solution:
I have over 100 windows open (shut up, I know) and some of them have unsaved work in them, and saving this work is difficult without a functional stylus. I am currently using keyboard etc. but I usually use the stylus for everything, so doing it this way is slow.

I know I shouldn't keep this many windows open, but fixing that problem is a job for a psychologist or psychiatrist, currently I just want the tech support answer to get myself out of this particular current silly mess.

It's not the stylus itself, I have two spares, all three are unresponsive, even after a fresh AAAA battery in one of them.

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