Ubuntu Trusty kernel with patches for the Microsoft Surface 3
Upstream: git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-trusty.git.
http://surface3.rbel.co/kernel
Type Cover 3 Support:
Patch from: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2231207&page=2&p=13070900#post13070900
sudo apt-get install git build-essential kernel-package fakeroot libncurses5-dev bc
make -j `getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` deb-pkg LOCALVERSION=-surface3
See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild
Copy the misc/xorg.conf configuration to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and restart the session.
Updating the firmware from the Marvell git repository fixes WiFi quirks and the bluetooth device is recognized (btusb), though not fully functional apparently.
git clone git://git.marvell.com/mwifiex-firmware.git
sudo cp mwifiex-firmware/mrvl/* /lib/firmware/mrvl/
and reboot.