“Take a Windows box and install Linux on it.”
Not possible to put Linux on any Surface device.
Yet! Linux has run on Arm based platforms for years. Ever heard of Android?
I agree the question really about the native OS that comes with each device though,
You keep saying that - but time will prove you wrong. We put Linux on everything! The correct response is “Not Yet!” The Surface merely ANOTHER Arm based platform after all. Just like my Nexus-7 or my BeagleBoard or ...
> Not possible to put Linux on any Surface device.
Another good reason to avoid such appliances.