1) The wifi driver isn't in the mainline kernel yet for whatever reason. After doing a dist upgrade you have to copy the driver into two locations. This is documented on linux-surface's site; I wrote a script to do it, and it's not that bad.
That's a very Debian issue. It's the only distro where I've ever had to do silly things like that.
That's a very Debian issue. It's the only distro where I've ever had to do silly things like that.