Yup, that's a surface go 2 running the ubuntu installer. I'm typing this post from this machine. I went down a bit of a rabbit hole when a very well priced Surface Pro 5th gen showed up on my local Marketplace. I wasn't able to get that one, but it sent me searching, since I really like the hardware of my Surface Pro X but I'm trying to get away from Windows. The Pro 5th gen is one of the most well supported according to the feature matrix, but it lacks usb c. On closer inspection, the Go 2 is probably the best supported and it was available with LTE. Off to ebay I went.

After an adventure in FedEx's "care" it arrived several days late with the tape cut on one side and a corner of the box torn and peeled back. Apparently they didn't like what they saw and decided to go ahead and deliver it. It's an 8/256 with LTE and came with a type cover, dock, and slim pen. Amazing deal. FedEx thief really missed out.

Everything works as advertised. I tried it in dual boot for an afternoon to test everything, then decided to nuke windows completely. It's great. Waydroid covers android apps and I've been daily driving linux on my primary laptop for several months now, so I've got linux alternatives for all my needs now. There are a few apps that don't work in Waydroid, but I haven't gone hunting for apks to side load yet. I'm thrilled with this little thing.

I can see why Bronsky held onto his for so long.