# March Update: Manjaro on Pinebook Pro & PinePhone Software

DevFeed: [March Update: Manjaro on Pinebook Pro & PinePhone Software](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/march-update-manjaro-on-pinebook-pro-pinephone-software-34808.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://pine64.org/2020/03/15/march-update-manjaro-on-pinebook-pro-pinephone-software/>)

Published: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

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

Topics: [Pinephone](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pinephone.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [IRC](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/irc.md>), [Matrix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/matrix-org.md>), [foss](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/foss.md>), [communications](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/communications.md>)

Tags: [community-update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community-update.md>), [foss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/foss.md>), [irc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/irc.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [manjaro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manjaro.md>), [matrix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/matrix.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [pinebook-pro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinebook-pro.md>), [pinephone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinephone.md>), [pinetime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinetime.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>)

## AI overview

PINE64's March community update reports that Pinebook Pro production is resuming with Manjaro KDE as the default operating system, with pre-orders planned for March 18 and shipping planned for early May. It also covers PinePhone development, PineTime software, spare parts and cases, hardware production, and migration of IRC and Matrix services to a PINE64 cluster.

## Source excerpt

COVID-19 recovery in China is underway and factory work is slowly returning back to normal. This is good news, and we hope to have a constant stream of updates for you in the coming weeks. That said, we're taking it one step at a time, since factories are still at 20% of the normal manufacturing capacity and it's hard to predict the recovery pace. So rather than offering you my guesstimates for particular device availability, we will make announcements once all stages of production are secured for each device. Frankly speaking, this also means that announcements will likely drop suddenly; so If you haven't done so yet, this is probably the time to subscribe to this blog and be notified when it happens. The big news of this community update is that Pinebook Pros are about to re-enter production and will be shipping with Manjaro KDE as the default operating system! Pre-orders for the new production run starts on Wednesday (March 18th) and shipping is planned for early May. TL;DR for this month Moving PINE64 services to the PINE64 cluster Spare parts for the PinePhone and Pinebook Pro OG Pinebook entering production for charity; closing the digital gap PINE A64-LTS will be produced until 2025 Pinebook Pro pre-orders start March 18th; expected shipping date early May Manjaro KDE is the new default OS for the Pinebook Pro! mainline kernel 5.7 mainline Pinebook Pro support Minor Pinebook Pro refinements and tweaks PinePhone development is steaming ahead; new OSes and features PinePhone soft and hard protective cases available soon PineTime OSes start coming together; first glimpse at a fully fledged FOSS OS Housekeeping We're getting ready to move PINE64 community services to our ROCKpro64 cluster. The IRC and Matrix are the first services on our list, which means disruptions to all chats are expected at some point this month. We obviously hope that the downtime will be minimal, but given the complexity of our communications setup - which spans across multiple chat protoc