Mentioned above. I went with Bodhi (ugs), but since it's an Ubuntu, I quickly added repos and have everything I wanted. Now, it runs i3, rotates.. Heck I even rely on Xournal to edit PDFs by scribbling on them, just like real paper! This was actually my Surface goal.
Seriously, can't imagine being happier. Damn thing also (still) gets ~5 hours of battery life, from 2013!
