Surface 2 Pro Install Linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Windows 10 support ended. Microsoft Surface 2 Pro devices can't officially be updated to Windows 11. This guide shows how to switch to Linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS instead:

Installation steps 

1. Download Rufus https://github.com/pbatard/rufus
2. Download Linux, e.g. Ubuntu 24 https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
3. Format USB stick with Rufus
   - Select the USB stick (all files on it will be erased)
   - Select image file
   - Select MBR
   - Select BIOS or UEFI
   - Select Fix for older BIOSe
   - Select FAT32
   - Press Start
   
   
   
4. Shutdown Surface 2 device
5. Hold Volume-Up & hold Home-Button until Surface logo appears
6. Disable Secure Boot --> Red background around Surface logo on boot
7. Shutdown Surface 2 device
8. Insert USB Stick into Surface 2
9. Hold Volume-Down & press Home-Button until Surface logo appears 
10. Select Install Ubuntu in GRUB loader 
11. Optional: For additional security (using encryption@rest) use lvm with encryption and use a long unique passphrase. 

Result 

Other Microsoft Surface devices might use: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup