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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## PINE64 Seeks a U.S. Nonprofit Partner for 100+ Pinebook Donations DevFeed: [PINE64 Seeks a U.S. Nonprofit Partner for 100+ Pinebook Donations]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2021-04-03T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Open Source](), [Linux](), [Mobile](), [Development](), [Software](), [Web](), [Command-line interface]() Tags: [community](), [digital-gap](), [laptop](), [linux](), [mobile](), [nonprofit](), [open-source](), [open-source-software](), [pinebook](), [terminal](), [web]() ### AI overview PINE64 says it has 100+ Pinebooks to donate and is seeking a U.S. IRS-recognized nonprofit organization with logistical capabilities to distribute them to people who would benefit most. ### Source excerpt During a community meetup in 2019, before the entire world got turned upside down by the COVID19 pandemic, we announced our commitment to financially support Linux and open source development as well as to promote open source software whilst contributing to closing the digital gap. I believe we've done good on the first portion of this commitment - over the past 12 months we made donations to 5 mobile Linux projects, financially supported a number of FOSS initiatives (most recently the upcoming Linux App Summit) and helped individual contributors in their endeavours. As a side-note, I'd like you to know that this is just the beginning - we have extensive plans pertaining to community support in the near future. Stay tuned. We did, however, have to set aside our scheme to give back to society due to the chaos that the pandemic stirred up. For the past 18 months the key focus of PINE64 and the Pine Store was to keep production going while actively facilitating development. This effectively left very little space for any other activities. Now, whilst the manufacturing situation isn't exactly great, we at least have a good idea where we stand. As a result, we also feel that there is a little more wiggle-room for extracurricular activities; it is time to do good on the second portion of our commitment made in 2019. We have 100+ original 11.6" Pinebooks which we wish to donate to a worthy cause. The Pinebooks are running an excellent mainline OS image by Manjaro, featuring an accelerated KDE Plasma desktop. While the Pinebook is no speed demon by any stretch of the imagination, this tailored build makes it rather snappy and perfectly viable for light workloads, such as: running educational software, browsing the web, using the LibreOffice suite, terminal work, etc,. It is also a sturdy laptop, one which you wouldn't worry about handing to a child, with a long battery life and all the necessary connectivity for completing aforementioned tasks. We're now turning to you for ## Pine Store Community Pricing & Online Retail Stores DevFeed: [Pine Store Community Pricing & Online Retail Stores]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-12-02T00:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [foss](), [Linux](), [Hardware](), [Support](), [Wiki]() Tags: [community](), [developers](), [foss](), [hardware](), [linux](), [pine-store](), [pine64](), [pinebook](), [product](), [retail](), [software](), [store](), [support]() ### AI overview PINE64 explains that new online retail stores planned for 2021 will operate alongside the existing Pine Store, whose community-oriented pricing and device sales will remain unchanged. The strategy is intended to serve general consumers while preserving the existing community-focused model and reducing pressure on support staff from software troubleshooting requests. ### Source excerpt In 2021 you'll see online retail Pine stores open in Europe, North America and possibly also worldwide at a later stage. Let me start by making one thing clear - the current Pine Store isn't going away and the pricing in the Pine Store will remain unchanged. You'll always be able to buy and pre-order your devices from pine64.com at a community-oriented price point. The retail stores will function alongside the Pine Store, not replace it, and offer a different customer experience. In this blog I'll explain the rationale behind this strategy. PINE64 is not a business First things first - PINE64 is a community, not a business, and the Pine Store's sole purpose is to serve this community by providing FOSS development-friendly hardware. Sales numbers and revenue are not, and never were, a driving force behind this project; making the next fun and often experimental device was and still is. Some devices, such as the original Pinebook, were even sold at a loss at times - simply because we knew people wanted one. Seriously. Victims of our own success Our strategy was always clear - work with developers to design a product, have partner projects and community developers work on the software and sell the device at a community-oriented price point. This approach has proven to be a great way forward for us, and one that, dare I say it, ultimately distinguished us from the other FOSS-vendors and manufacturers. That said, we're slowly falling victim to our own success. News of our devices have reached people outside of our target audience, and enthusiast-grade products now frequently end up in the hands of non-technical customers. I have just been looking at the incoming support tickets these past weeks, and the majority of incoming queries are by people who are not comfortable troubleshooting software problems, have little Linux experience, and do not understand the nature of our devices. In a nutshell, they are general tech-consumers unfamiliar with the intricacies of Linux, FO ## November Update: KDE PinePhone CE And A Peek Into The Future DevFeed: [November Update: KDE PinePhone CE And A Peek Into The Future]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-11-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Mobile](), [Hardware](), [Kernel]() Tags: [community-update](), [hardware](), [kde](), [manjaro](), [mobile](), [pinebook](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinecube](), [pinephone](), [pinetime](), [postmarketos](), [rk3566]() ### AI overview A November PINE64 community update announces the KDE Plasma Mobile PinePhone Community Edition, discusses Pinebook Pro docking hardware and future hardware, and reports community, software, and product updates. ### Source excerpt Welcome to this month's community update! We've got exciting news to share, but before I proceed in doing so I'd like to thank Gamiee, JF, and PizzaLovingNerd for contributing to this blog entry and Clover for the final edits and proof-reading. As the PINE64 device-family grows larger and becomes more diverse, I find myself more reliant than ever on other people's insight and expertise when writing up these updates. To this end, I'd very much like to thank the aforementioned community members and, at the same time, invite others to take part in shaping future updates. If you've got something you would like to contribute to an upcoming community update, then please reach out to me in the chats. In this update we're happy to announce the next Community Edition of the PinePhone, which will ship with KDE Plasma Mobile. We will also take a look at the Pinebook Pro dock and talk a bit about future hardware. For those of you who are averse to reading long blog entries or simply prefer receiving news in an audio-video format, then you'll be glad to know that we now have a complimentary video edition of the monthly community update. It can also be watched on LBRY if Youtube isn't your thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4su-YdjTYtY&feature=youtu.be Video synopsis of the November Community Update TL;DR for this month's update: We've donated to postmarketOS; thank you to those who supported the pmOS CE! Sub-forums and Wiki entries for PineCube and SOEdge are now up Problems with chat protocol bridge to be addressed soon(TM) Notice re. Small number of Manjaro PinePhones with postmarketOS -sorry! Nutcracker Challenge - working towards a blob-free WiFi and BT. Get your PineCone EVB now Let's talk about the future; sneak peak at RK3566 SBCs in early 2021 Thrilled to announce PinePhone KDE Community Edition! PinePhone KDE CE pre-orders start December 1st. 2GB RAM/ 16GB eMMC and 3GB RAM/ 32GB eMMC + USB-C dock (Convergence Package) will be available. PinePhone 3GB RAM/ 32GB eMMC ## May Update: PineTab pre-orders, PinePhone Qi charging & more! DevFeed: [May Update: PineTab pre-orders, PinePhone Qi charging & more!]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-05-15T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Sailfish OS](), [Debian](), [Ubuntu](), [releases]() Tags: [community-update](), [debian](), [ota](), [pinebook](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinetab](), [pinetime](), [releases](), [ubuntu](), [wireless]() ### AI overview PINE64's May community update covers PineTab pre-orders, PinePhone Ubuntu Touch software and planned Qi charging, Pinebook Pro shipping and software updates, and changes to community services. ### Source excerpt With the PinePhone and Pinebook Pro production well under way and shipping in just a few days time, we'll now be turning our attention to the other projects we have in the pipeline. There is a fair bit of material to cover this month - the main piece of news, however, is that we'll be taking pre-orders for the PineTab at the end of this month! This may be the longest blog entry in some time, so let's get to it. TL;DR of this month's community update: Moving to PINE64 cluster will be completed by this time next month; expect community services outages Shipping Pinebook Pros and PinePhones this month; don't spam support/ info emails please We'll be accepting payments in cryptocurrencies soon PineTab pre-orders start this month and ships with UBports' Ubuntu Touch; please subscribe to blog for info when pre-orders go live PineTab adapters for individual and industry users; LTE, SSD, LoRa and RTL-SDR available soon PinePhone Ubuntu Touch OTA and factory image - a quick chat about the software PinePhone multi-OS bootloader is coming; many OSes showing signs of maturing Wireless charging coming to the PinePhone via add-on / using pogo pins A large (5000mAh) battery case for the PinePhone is being explored You will be able to support smaller PinePhone projects soon by buying their project branded case-backs Pinebook Pro - one week shipping delay explained Pinebook Pro you can now watch Netflix on Manjaro; many OS releases become available including official Debian support! Pinebook Pro USB-C dock details locked in; spare parts are now in the PINE Store Pinebook (original) gets a facelift; we're committed to the $99 price-tag PineTime can now sync on Sailfish OS; app will be ported to Ubuntu Touch Housekeeping Moving community services over to the PINE64 cluster has hit a couple of roadblocks. As a result the process has been much slower than originally anticipated. While our IRC has already been moved to the cluster (thank you fire219 and Gamiee!) all the heavy lifting is ## July Update: All about the Pinebook Pro DevFeed: [July Update: All about the Pinebook Pro]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-07-05T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Hardware](), [Software](), [Linux](), [Development]() Tags: [announcement](), [developers](), [hardware](), [linux](), [news](), [pinebook](), [pinebook-pro](), [priority](), [production](), [prototypes](), [software](), [update](), [upgrade]() ### AI overview PINE64's July 2019 update announces Pinebook Pro pre-orders beginning July 25, along with privacy switches, operating-system builds, battery and kernel updates, and a PINE64 key cap. Production was approved, pilot batches were scheduled, and eligible forum members could receive a limited-time 128GB eMMC upgrade and pre-order priority. The article cautions that pilot units may still have minor issues. ### Source excerpt As I've mentioned in last month's update post, the PinePhone prototypes are currently being manufactured (due in August) and the PineTab dev kits are rolling off the factory line to be shipped out to developers. With both the PinePhone and PineTab currently in-transition to their respective next development stages, I'll devote this month's update solely to the Pinebook Pro pre-order announcement, the last unannounced feature of the laptop as well as a hardware and software status update. There is plenty to get to so let's run though the points. Bullet points: Pinebook Pro pre-orders start July 25 Pinebook Pro gets privacy switches Pinebook Pro OS builds Battery life & 'magical' kernel PINE64 key cap Pinebook Pro pre-orders start July 25 [edit] 26/07/2019 Those asking about the pre-order system, coupons and shipping timeline please read the following forum threads: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7725 https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7752 Thank you! This is the announcement many of you have been waiting for. The Pinebook Pro production has been green-lit and pilot batches have been scheduled for production. With the remaining hardware issues identified and resolved (side-note, huge thanks to the the key devs - ayufan and MrFixit - as well as the community for all the help sorting things out!), we're now feeling confident that we can to proceed full steam ahead. A countdown for Pinebook Pro is now live and ticking away, so no one PM or email me saying they didn't know or hear about it - this is plenty of heads-up time. If you follow us on Twitter, Mastodon, are a member of the forum, check the web-page or read the Linux press regularly, then you're unlikely to miss the moment the pre-order system become accessible. As we've promised from the very start, community members who registered on the forum prior to July 1, 2019 are eligible for a 128GB eMMC upgrade as well as pre-order priority. The eMMC capacity upgrade is a limited-time offer, availab ## May 2019 News DevFeed: [May 2019 News]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-05-06T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Website](), [servers](), [Availability](), [version]() Tags: [availability](), [bto](), [news](), [pinebook](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [server](), [version](), [website]() ### AI overview Pine64's May 2019 news update announces forum infrastructure and software updates, outlines the Pinebook Pro roadmap, and explains the replacement of the BTO system with batch-based pre-orders for the Pinebook, Pinebook Pro, PinePhone, and potentially similar future devices. ### Source excerpt The new website is finally online and it is now easier to deliver news to people within and outside the community. Unlike the forum, information in this blog won't easily get lost among the countless other day-to-day threads concerning troubleshooting, new builds and similar topics. In the long run, I trust this will make it easier to find, reference and share information. And so, with no further ado ... News for May 2019 Run-Down: Forum updates incoming BTO is going away (for all devices) PinePhone Status Report Pinebook Pro Roadmap Forum Updates Incoming One of the reasons for moving the community services to a new infrastructure was to make it easier to update and improve stuff on the fly and when it suits us. One of the issues we were facing with the previous server setup was the inability to keep the forum up-to-date (as to why that was the case ... it is a long story and not interesting). This is now an thing of the past, and so this week we will clone the forum database, update myBB to a recent version, add services we think / feel the forum deserves and migrate over. We do not expect any major or lengthy blackout because of this but be prepared for some potential forum disturbances this and the next week as we're working on it. BTO is Going Away (for all devices) BTO is going away and is being replaced with a pre-order system. This change has already been reflected on the Pinebook store page. All those of you currently waiting in the BTO queue will be serviced, so don't worry - you are not waiting in vain. Initially, when the BTO system was implemented, it was intended to determine interest levels in the Pinebook. In practice however, it failed to work as a reliable indicator of how many people actually want a unit and hence, how many Pinebooks need to be built. It also proved to be very demanding on the shipping team and those who dealt with the system put in place to reissue BTOs when customers decided against purchasing their unit. We also realised that you g