Installing on Microsoft Surface Pro 3:
Love the Surface Pro, terrible OS. (although i did find an app they completely replaces win 8 start button with an exact match to Windows 7 stardock start8)
Anyway, I was successful installing both Ubuntu 14.10 and the 15.04 daily release. But I would prefer to install Ultimate Edition, or a worst case scenario Mint.
While installing Ultimate Edition, right after it detects the USB drive i get the menu to select: Try Ultimate Edition... or Install Ultimate Edition... (as usual)
I select either option and the USB drive light stops blinking and i get an error that flashes to quick to read followed by the Ultimate Edition screen with the red circle (circle is spinning) and red bar (1/3 full) containing an error message as follows:
BusyBox v1.22.1 (Ubuntu 1:1.22.0-9ubuntu1) buint-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands
(initramfs) Unable to find a medium containing a live file system
so i tried to type in help and when i strike the 'L' key i get this:
error opening USB device 'descriptors' file (which repeats each time i press 'L')
Same problem with linux mint but just a black screen no error messages or anything.
"Edit" i should mention i'm using Ultimate Edition 4.6 because 4.6 is built on Ubuntu 15.04 which is 3.19 kernel. Im downloading 4.4 now and will post results