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6 hours ago- Linux Mint Debian Edition if you must use Mint and stick with KDE plasma desktop on whichever distro. I’d recommend avoiding ubuntu and Manjaro.
- Xournal++ is the only one for this purpose I’ve heard recommended. I use Zim for what I need.
- It’s going to be slow and will wear out the SD card eventually but it deserves consideration. I strongly recommend keeping the already installed Windows and using a SD card or USB C drive for Linux, particularly if you’re still intending to actively use it for note taking. You could use a USB C device like a NVMe enclosure or something that supports UAS and get good speed on the Linux install if the Surface supports UAS.
- Nothing to offer.
- Make sure your backups of anything you don’t want to lose on the Surface are up to date before you start anything. Linux installers will normally prefer an internal disk so if you forget to change that when installing all those files will be gone.