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A surface pro 8 is not good enough? According to linux-surface repo (https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface) it's supported.

The ROG Flow Z13 is another candidate but it's not clear how support is. With differing reports I can find online. Also way out of budget.

Personally I'm holding on to the faint hope of Asahi Linux getting far enough and a kind soul jailbreaking an IPad Pro.

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SP 8 is great; the only reason I didn't upgrade from SP6 to SP8 immediate is that that pen support for SP8 is currently still experimental, while it's stable on SP6. I'm okay with tinkering, but I do need that pen support to work in a relatively reliable manner.

I would say your best bet is to restore your SP6. It's not so bad, I replaced the battery and screen on a SP5 a few years back. The screen is hard to remove but the rest is extremely straightforward.

Where did you get the replacement parts if you don't mind me asking?

It was a local website: https://www.caasi.nl/ they don't carry them anymore.

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