[Arm-netbook] PINE64 foundation beat us both to making a laptop

[David Niklas]

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On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 21:47:32 +0200
Pablo Rath <pablo at parobalth.org> wrote:

> Hello David,
> Thank you for sharing the news. It seems likely that the Pinebook Pro
> will be delivered faster than the EOMA68 Laptop. In comparison with
> EOMA68 I miss the modularity and the libre and environmental aspects.
> In my experience one has to expect quirks and workarounds and be
> patient when a project does not proactively communicates how libre it
> is.

Which is almost every time... I wish I could be an optimist, I really do.

> On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:49:49PM -0400, David Niklas wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> > I'm unsure how much RAM the laptop has as the article is very sparse
> > on details. I did try and search for the information. Likewise for the
> > information on camera, screen, and anything other then the USB-C
> > connector which appears to be brought out along with some form of EMMC
> > flash and it has a 10,000mAh battery.
> >   
> 
> Some specs including RAM is here:
> https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/
> 
> Found a discussion about the Pinebook Pro, Trisquel, wifi, libreboot
> and mali GPU in the Trisquel forum. EOMA68 is als mentioned:
> https://trisquel.info/de/forum/trisquel-arm-pinebook-pro-running-trisquel-trisquel-touch
> 
> kind regards
> Pablo
> 

Thanks Pablo,
I was interested in knowing more about it, though I have no intentions
to buy, but I could not find the info.

David
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