# August Update: Note-able Tablet Updates

DevFeed: [August Update: Note-able Tablet Updates](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/august-update-note-able-tablet-updates-34888.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://pine64.org/2025/08/16/august_2025/>)

Published: 2025-08-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Community blog on PINE64](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/community-blog-on-pine64.md>)

Topics: [Pinephone-Pro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pinephone-pro.md>), [Arch Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/archlinux.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Nix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nix.md>), [GPU](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gpu.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>)

Tags: [community-update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community-update.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [pinenote](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinenote.md>), [pinephone-pro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinephone-pro.md>), [pinetab2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinetab2.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

Pine64's August 2025 community update announces a new community manager and covers the discontinuation of the PinePhone Pro, planned refurbished sales and spare-parts availability. It also reports updates involving the PineNote, PineTab2, operating systems, GPU software, PinePhone Pro patches, FreeBSD, and Pinecil.

## Source excerpt

Table of contents Housekeeping PinePhone Pro discontinuation New community manager About me My goals as community manager PineNote Current status Operating Systems Arch PostmarketOS Nix WiFi Compatibility The issue Workaround #1 Workaround #2 Some words of warning with this workaround PineTab2 Kernel OS (DanctNIX's Arch Linux ARM port) Mesa (GPU) PinePhone Pro Mainlining project FreeBSD port Contributors welcome! Blisp Want to contribute to the next community update? Housekeeping Welcome back to another community update! In this update we announce a new community manager, updates to the PineTab2 and PineNote, FreeBSD on the PinePhone Pro, a guide on upstreaming PinePhone Pro patches and a small bit for you Pinecil users. PinePhone Pro discontinuation Recently PineStore has also discontinued the PinePhone Pro which was talked about in the last recent blog post. TLDR, sales were low which lead to the discontinuation of the device. Spare parts will be available for purchase for up to two years depending on if they sell well. If you still want a PinePhone Pro, refurbished ones will be put up for sale on the PineStore around the end of the month, similar to how it worked for the PineBook Pro. For more details, people can find it at the link below. https://pine64.org/2025/08/14/august_2025_short_update/ New community manager Authors: Caffeine Today I would like to formally announce that I have stepped up to take the roll as the community manager. This decision was made a few months ago as life has become a lot busier for Gamiee. We would like to thank him for the work he has done maintaining our community cluster and the countless hours spent on helping the community. Gamiee will continue maintaining the cluster for the foreseeable future. About me Hello everyone, my name is Camden, but you may also know me by my online alias CarbonatedCaffeine. I am a computing student from New Zealand (that country next to Australia) and I have been an active part of the Pine64 communit