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I have a Surface Pro 4 and want to try Ubuntu on it. I made a bootable USB using the website's instructions, and tried it on my Surface but I couldn't get the touchscreen or WiFi working, two things I need to have working on my Surface. I then found https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface which I can use to make those things function on my laptop, but I don't know how to make those load onto the bootable USB. I also don't currently have enough space on my Surface to try installing Linux and then installing the kernel via USB. I tried looking at other questions for my problem, but they didn't make sense and I didn't want to necrobump those questions. Any help would be appreciated!

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    This sounds very much like an XY Problem in that your proposed solution doesn't seem like the best way to solve your actual problem. What you're asking how to do is also not a task for a novice and if you were confused by similar questions, that's not going to change here either. Do you plan on replacing Windows with Ubuntu? That might not be a good idea either if you have never used Ubuntu before. Dual-boot is generally a better option if you are trying to transition. You can also run Ubuntu in a VM like VirtualBox if you just want to try it.
    – Nmath
    Nov 5, 2021 at 19:20
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    You can install Ubuntu into the USB drive. Make an installed system like into an internal drive, but into the USB drive. See this link and this link. (In the installed system you can install and use new kernels.)
    – sudodus
    Nov 5, 2021 at 19:21
  • @Nmath I'm not planning to replace Windows with Ubuntu, I'm trying to learn Ubuntu in the hopes of switching down the line. I want to start using it on my laptop first but I don't have enough space to dual boot, and so I wanted to use a bootable USB to practice using Ubuntu and switch later. However the bootable USB doesn't have the specific kernel I need to make WiFi and touchscreeen work on my laptop, which are two features I need desperately on my laptop to do any work on it. Hope that makes sense!
    – chimps123
    Nov 6, 2021 at 19:19
  • @sudodus Are you saying that I can use a bootable USB to use Ubuntu on my laptop, and then install the kernel onto my bootable USB from my laptop?
    – chimps123
    Nov 6, 2021 at 19:21
  • I would recommend running Ubuntu in VirtualBox.
    – Nmath
    Nov 6, 2021 at 19:29

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you can use Cubic, or Custom Ubuntu ISO Creator, which is a GUI that can be used to create a custom bootable Ubuntu Live CD (ISO). More info here.

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  • I'm not sure if I'm not looking in the right place so I couldn't tell, but can I use Cubic on Windows? Or would I need to use a computer with Ubuntu to use this software?
    – chimps123
    Nov 6, 2021 at 19:17

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