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Some, perhaps, but why the hell would you shell out the cash for a Surface RT, then, instead of some cheaper tablet with otherwise comparable specs? It's not like most people will get one for free. Furthermore, finding all the drivers you'd need would be close to, or even actually impossible. I don't really see the point of working that hard to convert it into a Linux tablet, just to have borked functionality, especially as the touchscreen would probably be very high on that list of hard to find drivers.
If I got a Surface RT for free and wanted Linux instead, I'd simply return it to the vendor and buy a different tablet. Hell, some already have Linux installed when purchased! If I couldn't return it, I'd sell it. Either way, you'd almost certainly have a few hundred dollars extra to play with, even if you bought a tablet with pretty much the same (or better) hardware specs.
And yes, all Metro/Modern apps ARE supposed to run on any Win8 device. Remember, the RT has a mouse touchpad (or you can hook up an external one), and Win8 desktops often have a touchscreen monitor. Furthermore, all of the Metro apps run fine on the Surface Pro, which is Intel-based, so there's no reason for them not to run on a desktop. I can't say I like how mouse+kb is handled in Win8 for touchscreen-centric content, but the mechanism IS there, as well. I'm sure you can find a few apps that don't cross over so well between Win8 devices, but it is the main design conceit behind Win8, after all, so that should be damn rare.
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