No intent to discourage, but rather to encourage, as it's opensource AFAIK and have researched.
https://www.pine64.org/2019/07/05/july-update-all-about-the-pinebook-pro/
Powered by an RK3399. I think the ROCK64 board:
https://www.pine64.org/devices/single-board-computers/rock64/
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.
It's rather chintzy looking, though. And that is why I'm making my own. That's the power of OSS/FLOSS!
Sincerely, David
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:50 AM David Niklas doark@mail.com wrote:
https://www.pine64.org/2019/07/05/july-update-all-about-the-pinebook-pro/
thanks david.
It's rather chintzy looking, though. And that is why I'm making my own. That's the power of OSS/FLOSS!
:)
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.
On Wed, Jul 31, 2019 at 10:49:49PM -0400, David Niklas wrote:
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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-tr...
kind regards Pablo
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On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 21:47:32 +0200 Pablo Rath pablo@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:
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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-tr...
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
On Friday, August 2, 2019 6:28 AM, David Niklas doark@mail.com wrote:
On Thu, 1 Aug 2019 21:47:32 +0200 Pablo Rath pablo@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-tr... 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
From what I could gather its firmware isn't 100% free, because the WiFi and GPU (and I think even the CPU) need some proprietary code, but there are projects that work on replacing the GPU's (and CPU's) with open firmware. The WiFi could be replaced with an external USB dongle.
As for the hardware, it has no open schematics at all, as far as I know.
Mali GPU open firmware: https://panfrost.freedesktop.org Rockchip board: http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Main_Page
From what I could gather its firmware isn't 100% free, because the WiFi and GPU (and I think even the CPU) need some proprietary code, but there are projects that work on replacing the GPU's (and CPU's) with open firmware. The WiFi could be replaced with an external USB dongle. As for the hardware, it has no open schematics at all, as far as I know.
Mali GPU open firmware: https://panfrost.freedesktop.org Rockchip board: http://opensource.rock-chips.com/wiki_Main_Page
Wifi is rtl8xxx variant me thinks. The open source driver would be Lima, but I think it's still WIP. Schematics are available for the pinebook on their wiki https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Main_Page
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