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Summaries are not the original full articles. ## postmarketOS in 2025-03: OP6 & MSM89x7 Camera, Generic SM7150, COSMIC, Musl Collation + I18n DevFeed: [postmarketOS in 2025-03: OP6 & MSM89x7 Camera, Generic SM7150, COSMIC, Musl Collation + I18n]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-04-09T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [postmarketOS Blog]() Topics: [Linux](), [Mobile](), [Internationalization (i18n)](), [ci](), [gitlab-ci](), [Matrix](), [Self-hosted](), [ASUS](), [Pinebook-Pro](), [Pinephone](), [Pinephone-Pro]() Tags: [2025](), [asus](), [devices](), [gitlab](), [gitlab-ci](), [i18n](), [linux](), [matrix](), [mobile](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinephone-pro](), [postmarketos](), [self-hosted]() ### AI overview A postmarketOS monthly update covering device support, an accepted grant for musl libc collation and internationalization, community contributions, a self-hosted Matrix/IRC bridge, reliable GitLab CI, and GNOME 48 changes for mobile. ### Source excerpt The calendar has turned another page, and it's finally time for our eagerly awaited monthly update! We're thrilled to share what our community has been building and improving since last month. Before we get to that, let's talk about the most recent Linux After Dark episode: It seems when the four hosts do a distro challenge, they do it properly. They didn't just try postmarketOS on one or two devices, but on all of these: ASUS Transformer Pad 3G, Linx 7 tablet (Generic X86_64), Motorola Moto G 2015, PinePhone Pro, PinePhone, Pinebook Pro and Acer R11/ASUS C200/Lenovo Duet 3 (Chromebooks). The resulting episode is not only very entertaining, but also gives many insights into first use experiences! Organizational We have applied for an NGI0 grant for Collation + i18n support in musl libc and it has been accepted! Collation allows set ordering based on locales, and follows a certain set of established rules and standards. Internationalization provides basic functionality in the language of choice for the user like dates, times, numbers, and monetary symbols. The implementation will be done by main author and maintainer of musl libc Rich and will benefit postmarketOS, Alpine Linux and all other users of musl libc. Thanks Rich, Pablo and NLNet! knuxify is our newest Trusted Contributor! They work a lot on the postmarketOS wiki, are mainlining the Broadcom Kona series chipsets, co-maintaining the Exynos 4 close to mainline kernel fork and more. Read their TC page for more information. Thanks knuxify! We wrote detailed blog posts on finances and priorities for 2025. Thanks Pablo and Oliver! Our Matrix/IRC bridge is now self-hosted. Thanks Luca, Ferass, Oliver! GitLab CI with our custom runner now works reliably (#101). Thanks Oliver! GNOME 48 GNOME 48 is now in Alpine edge and it brings massive performance improvements with dynamic triple buffering and more, new fonts, notification stacking and many other great changes! Shortly afterwards, GNOME Shell on Mobile has been re ## PINE64 January 2025 Update Covers PineVox Firmware, PineNote Software, and Community Projects DevFeed: [PINE64 January 2025 Update Covers PineVox Firmware, PineNote Software, and Community Projects]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-01-11T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Software](), [Embedded Software Dev](), [Development](), [Home Assistant](), [lora](), [meshtastic](), [USB](), [Bluetooth LE](), [Wi-Fi](), [.NET Conf]() Tags: [2025](), [bluetooth-le](), [community-update](), [firmware](), [fosdem](), [home-assistant](), [infinitime](), [lora](), [meshtastic](), [news](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinenote](), [pinetime](), [pinevox](), [release](), [right](), [streaming](), [update](), [usb]() ### AI overview PINE64's January 2025 community update covers planned PineVox public release work, continued PineNote software improvements, developer devices, the second PineDio USB LoRa adapter project, FOSDEM attendance, and PineVox firmware progress. ### Source excerpt This month we report on some news concerning the PineVox, what the community have been up to with their PineNotes and the brand-new 1.15 InfiniTime update. We would like to wish our community a happy New Year and hope you all had a good end of 2024. But since it's now the beginning of 2025, we'd like to fill you in on what we have planned for the first part of the year. We plan to release the PineVox to the public thanks to Gamiee's recent progress and we plan to continue improving the software for the PineNote, thanks to Maximilian, Diederik and our testers in the community. We have some exciting devices coming as well, mentioned in previous community updates. The PineCam and StarPro64 have been sent to developers in our community, so we hope to report on these devices in the coming months. Gamiee has also been working with a group of our friends over at Meshtastic on an independent project which will become the second version of the PineDio USB LoRa adapter. We plan to talk more about the progress of that project more in the February update. Table of contents FOSDEM PineVox PineNote Important - Software Update Issue Development updates PineNote Community Spotlight Inkput Pinescreen InfiniTime 1.15 Pinebook Pro Community content PineNote CE first month review Want to contribute to the next community update? FOSDEM Author: Caffeine Unfortunately, a stand at FOSDEM hasn't been allocated for us this year. But that doesn't mean we won't be there to represent PINE64! Gamiee, Ralimtek, JF, TL Lim and Lukasz will be attending in person this year and will be planning a get-together. We will announce on our social-media when we have confirmed the time and place. Of course, our PINE64 community members will still be wandering around the event, we love talking to all our friends at other projects and meeting the members of our community! So we hope we'll see you there! PineVox Author: Caffeine, Gamiee Gamiee has been working on the firmware for the PineVox recently (haha, now ## postmarketOS in 2024-02: More trusted contributors DevFeed: [postmarketOS in 2024-02: More trusted contributors]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2024-02-07T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [postmarketOS Blog]() Topics: [Linux](), [Kernel](), [Hardware](), [maintenance](), [reliability](), [GitLab](), [FIRST](), [Hackathon](), [intel](), [Pinebook-Pro](), [samsung](), [amazon]() Tags: [amazon](), [developer](), [fosdem](), [gitlab](), [hackathon](), [infrastructure](), [intel](), [linux](), [pinebook-pro](), [postmarketos](), [reliability](), [samsung]() ### AI overview A February 2024 postmarketOS update covers infrastructure migrations that improved server performance and reliability, governance changes for Trusted Contributors, project work across GitLab, device support, packaging, hardware support, and kernel configuration. It also reports new maintainers, newly supported devices, and updates to Linux 6.7 kernels. ### Source excerpt It's February, and we are still sticking to our new year resolutions and greeting the month with a blog post update! Among other topics, this month has been crazy busy with infrastructure migrations (you might have noticed the performance and reliability improvements with the postmarketOS server!). And of course FOSDEM was a few days ago! We have stayed in Belgium and are half-way through a 3-day hackathon with most of the team. It is very exciting to be able to meet in person, and we are getting lots of work and long-term planning done. We have financed part of this through your donations, so they are already making an impact, thanks to everybody! We will make sure to write a summary blog post for FOSDEM and the Hackathon once it is all over! Governance: more ways to become a Trusted Contributor Through the last months, we have been working on improving the governance structure of the project. And this month we followed up by refining the process to become a Trusted Contributor. Now, you don't need to be a developer to become official part of the postmarketOS team! There are plenty of ways to contribute to the project that are not just with code. We want to encourage people to do so, and give them credit for what they do! And seems like the Governance improvements are actually having an impact on the project. Since last update, we have welcomed two new Trusted Contributors: Ferass El Hafidi and Arnav Singh! They have both been doing great work around different parts of the project, and we are very happy to have them on-board! Maybe next month we can introduce our first non-developer of the team? So what's new? After a short break, we released a new podcast episode, and recorded another at FOSDEM! We moved pmbootstrap back to gitlab.com. Work on generic Intel and AMD devices. There has been lots of work put to rework and improve the packaging and hardware support on first install. Thanks Clayton! The Pinebook Pro has a new maintainer! There was a call to move it out ## v23.06: From the GNOME Mobile 2023 Hackfest DevFeed: [v23.06: From the GNOME Mobile 2023 Hackfest]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2023-06-07T00:00:00Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [postmarketOS Blog]() Topics: [releases](), [Software](), [Linux](), [Mobile](), [interfaces](), [Hackathon]() Tags: [linux](), [mobile](), [pine64](), [pinebook](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinephone-pro](), [postmarketos](), [releases](), [rockpro64](), [samsung](), [software](), [xiaomi]() ### AI overview The postmarketOS v23.06 stable release is aimed mainly at Linux enthusiasts and supports 31 devices. It adds GNOME Mobile, improves GNOME Software, enables USB tethering, updates mobile desktop environments, and includes other device and installer changes. ### Source excerpt After FOSDEM 2023 a few people found themselves hacking collaboratively on postmarketOS in a local cafe in Brussels. It was so productive and fun that we figured doing a proper hackathon this year would be great. While we were planning, we realized that also a GNOME Mobile Hackfest would take place soon -- so we just did a postmarketOS hackathon right before GNOME Mobile's event. In fact, this post and the release are brought to you right from the Hackfest! v23.06, like previous releases, is geared mainly towards Linux enthusiasts as explained in our article state of postmarketOS. Supported devices This stable release is available for the following 31 devices: ASUS MeMo Pad 7 Arrow DragonBoard 410c BQ Aquaris X5 Fairphone 4 Lenovo A6000 Lenovo A6010 Motorola Moto G4 Play Nokia N900 ODROID HC2 OnePlus 6 OnePlus 6T PINE64 PineBook Pro PINE64 PinePhone PINE64 PinePhone Pro PINE64 RockPro64 Purism Librem 5 SHIFT6mq Samsung Galaxy A3 (2015) Samsung Galaxy A5 (2015) Samsung Galaxy E7 Samsung Galaxy Grand Max Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-I9300 and SHW-M440S) Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Value Edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0" Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1" Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 Wileyfox Swift Xiaomi Mi Note 2 Xiaomi Pocophone F1 Xiaomi Redmi 2 The list is the same as in the previous v22.12 release (+ SP1), except that the PineTab has been removed. The PineTab can still be used with postmarketOS edge. If you are interested in getting it back to the stable release, the first step would be you stepping up to maintain the port - let us know in the issues or chat. Highlights For the first time, this stable release includes GNOME Mobile! If you haven't followed the amazing progress that was made to bring GNOME to phones and tablets, see Towards GNOME Shell on Mobile, GNOME Shell on mobile: An update and GNOME Mobile Show & Tell (video). Lots of improvements to GNOME Software Translations (lang) is installed by default now, and the default locale is en_US.UTF-8 inste ## postmarketOS v22.12 SP2 adds Phosh updates, device kernel upgrades, and caching improvements DevFeed: [postmarketOS v22.12 SP2 adds Phosh updates, device kernel upgrades, and caching improvements]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2023-04-10T00:00:00Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [postmarketOS Blog]() Topics: [Mobile](), [Kernel](), [LineageOS](), [upgrade](), [version](), [Caching](), [Android](), [Pinephone](), [Pinephone-Pro](), [Pinebook-Pro](), [Firefox](), [Fediverse]() Tags: [android](), [caching](), [fediverse](), [firefox](), [kernel](), [mobile](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinephone-pro](), [postmarketos](), [scheduler](), [upgrade](), [version]() ### AI overview The postmarketOS v22.12 SP2 service pack updates Phosh components, fixes Waydroid on several devices, adds or upgrades applications and dependencies, updates kernels for multiple phones and tablets, enables kexec on Pinebook Pro and RockPro64, and enables FSCACHE and NFS caching on PinePhone and PineTab. It also documents a remaining SD card versus eMMC issue affecting a previous service-pack fix. ### Source excerpt Phosh upstream did this really nice Quick Settings menu style refresh that we are happy to ship with this service pack, among other improvements. Without a long introduction, enjoy the full list of changes: Contents Phosh: Upgrade Phosh from 0.24.0 to 0.26.0 Upgrade Phoc from 0.24.0 to 0.26.0 Upgrade phosh-mobile-settings 0.24.1 to 0.26.0 Fix Waydroid: it was broken for several devices since the upstream image had been updated to LineageOS 18 (Android 11) and required new kernel options (!3901, !3975) Tuba: Tuba is a GTK4 Fediverse client, forked from the unmaintained tootle. Add version 0.2.0 mobile-config-firefox: upgrade from 3.2.0 to 4.0.0 Millipixels: Millipixels is a fork of the Megapixels camera application that works with the Librem 5. Add version 0.21.0 Upgrade dependency libcamera from 0.0.1 to 0.0.4 Purism Librem 5 Upgrade kernel from 6.2.0 to 6.2.8 (!3986) Upgrade librem5-base from 54 to 58 (!3989) PINE64 PinePhone Pro: Upgrade kernel from 6.1.10 to 6.2.7 (!3967) Enable Lazy RCU scheduler (!3928) Fix SD->eMMC installer prompt (!3978, related wiki notes) Samsung Galaxy S III: Upgrade exynos4 kernel from 6.0.2 to 6.1.0 (!3717) Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7 inch, 10.1 inch): Upgrade omap kernel from 6.1.0 to 6.2.1 (!3911) Xiaomi Mi Note 2: Upgrade qcom-msm8996 kernel from 6.0.2 to 6.1.14 (!3910) PINE64 Pinebook Pro, RockPro 64: Enable kexec (!3999) PINE64 PinePhone, PineTab: Enable FSCACHE and NFS caching (!3979) Notes on SP1 As we found out later, the fix for high CPU consumption on the PinePhone (original, not Pro) and PineTab mentioned in SP1 only works if postmarketOS is installed to the SD card, not it if is installed to the eMMC. This is being investigated in #1946. If you are affected, consider installing to SD card in the meantime or consider contributing towards getting it fixed. Careful readers will notice that it would have more sense to include Millipixels in SP1 already, as we had backported related improvements in the Librem 5 packaging. We missed i ## February update: things are taking shape DevFeed: [February update: things are taking shape]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pine64](), [Pinephone](), [Pinetab2](), [FOSDEM](), [Pinebook-Pro]() Tags: [community-update](), [fosdem](), [pine64](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinephone-keyboard](), [pinephone-pro](), [pinetab2](), [quartz64](), [soquartz](), [star64](), [update]() ### AI overview This PINE64 community update covers PineTab2 pricing and SKU variants, the expected availability of Star64, recent PinePhone development, and other community, store, hardware, software, and firmware updates. ### Source excerpt Let me start by apologizing to everyone for skipping yet another monthly community update. This has largely been my fault as I was rather busy in January and following FOSDEM at the start of February I found myself occupied with things related to the EU store. I hope for things to go back to normal now; you can expect future community updates at the end of each month as per usual. Again, I apologise, mea culpa. I hope that this month's update and the news it brings will more than make up for the wait: the Nestflash section is absolutely packed this month, we're revealing PineTab2's pricing and SKU variants (both of which I'm sure you'll be pleased with), announcing that Star64 will be available in the next 6 weeks (or so) and report on all the work that has gone into PinePhone (Pros) development in the recent two months ... and much more Let's get to it. You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on Odysee and PeerTube. To stay up-to-date with PINE64 news make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow the PINE64 Telegram News channel, the announcements channel in Discord as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to thank Alex (clover), JF, Danct12, William Starkey, Alex Horner, River-Mochi, Biktorgj and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. N.B. Comments on the blog post need to be in English and follow our Community Rules and Code of Conduct. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & Video synopsis of this month's update TL;DR Housekeeping FOSDEM was great - thank you to all who came and chatted with us at the stall Pine Store is getting back to normal following CNY Next quarterly community Q&A on 17 March at 20:00 CET - be there or be square PINE64 EU full restock on March 1st Newsflash New release for R-Cade for Rock64, RockPro64 and Pinebook Pro is excellen ## PINE64 June Update Covers RISC-V SBC Development, PineNote Software, and Device Availability DevFeed: [PINE64 June Update Covers RISC-V SBC Development, PineNote Software, and Device Availability]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2022-06-28T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [RISC-V](), [Single Board Computer](), [Software](), [Linux](), [Pinephone](), [Pinephone-Pro]() Tags: [announcements](), [availability](), [linux](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinephone-pro](), [risc-v](), [single-board-computer](), [software](), [update]() ### AI overview PINE64's June community update covers development of an affordable RISC-V single-board computer, software improvements for PineNote, availability updates for PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, and Pinebook Pro, and a community manager transition. ### Source excerpt This month we reveal that we are working on a powerful and affordable RISC-V single board computer, discuss PineNote's huge software improvements and provide updates on PinePhone, PinePhone Pro and Pinebook Pro's availability. I am also taking the opportunity to let you know that, after 6 years of holding PINE64's community manager post, I'll be resigning from my position shortly, once PINE64 EU launches next week; Marek Kraus will gradually be taking over my responsibilities. There is much to cover this month, so let's get cracking. You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on Odysee and PeerTube. To stay up-to-date with PINE64 news make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow the PINE64 Telegram News channel, the announcements channel in Discord as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to thank dsimic, Alex (clover) and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. N.B. Comments on the blog post need to be in English and follow our Community Rules and Code of Conduct. TL;DR Housekeeping Read JF's post about using the Quartz64 as a NAS QuartzPro64 developer coupons have started going out - devs, check your inbox New PineTalk is out Pinebook Pro available in July - a post on PCB revision coming soon PINE64 EU launching after (over) a month long delay Marek becomes community manager at PINE64 Who likes RISC-V? We're making a powerful and affordable RISC-V model-A type SBC SBC in final layout phase Comparable specs and price point to Quartz64, but with RISC-V SoC Be the first to solve the riddle and receive our first RISC-V SBC PinePhone (Pro) PinePhone and PinePhone Pro are back in stock - shipping mid July Installing community modem firmware is now easy You can play Doom on PinePhone (Pro)'s modem! Camera developments and major improvements to Megapixels postprocessing PineNote Linux on the PineNote is now in good shape Major developmen ## PINE64 May Community Update Covers Pinebook Pro, Quartz64 Model-B, and PinePhone Pro DevFeed: [PINE64 May Community Update Covers Pinebook Pro, Quartz64 Model-B, and PinePhone Pro]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2022-05-31T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pine64](), [Pinebook-Pro](), [Pinephone-Pro](), [Soquartz]() Tags: [community-update](), [pine64](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone-keyboard](), [pinephone-pro](), [pinesound](), [pinetime](), [quartz64](), [soquartz](), [update]() ### AI overview PINE64's May community update covers the resumption of Pinebook Pro production, the introduction of Quartz64 Model-B, SOQuartz Blade hostboard production, PinePhone Pro camera enablement, keyboard issues, and other community projects. ### Source excerpt Hello everyone! This month we're announcing production of the Pinebook Pro resuming and introduction of Quartz64 model-B. I had an opportunity to meet with TL earlier this month, and got some ear-on time with the Pinebuds, so I dedicated a section to my early impressions from the time spent with the prototype. This update also brings news of SOQuartz Blade hostboard production, camera enablement on the PinePhone Pro and a guest write-up by dsimic addressing issues some users have been experiencing with their PinePhone (Pro) keyboards. There is truly a lot to get to this month, so let's get into it. You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on Odysee and PeerTube. To stay up-to-date with PINE64 news make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow the PINE64 Telegram News channel, the announcements channel in Discord as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to thank JF, Dylan, dsimic, Alex (clover), Brian (33YN2), and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. N.B. Comments on the blog post need to be in English and follow our Community Rules and Code of Conduct. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & Video synopsis TL;DR Housekeeping Update moved to 28th of the month PINE64 in-person meeting Pinebook donation to school with kids in need of laptops We're going though QuartzPro64 dev pre-orders PINE64 EU store; addressing delay Quartz64 & SOQuartz Model-B released - available for $60 SOQuartz Blade hostboard enters production Pinebook Pro Pinebook Pro is making a return after months of absence Expected in Pine Store late June early July Price stays the same as do most specs Highlight of selected new released for the Pinebook Pro PinePhone (Pro) PinePhone Pro restock expected late June early July PinePhone Pro camera enablement underway; look at first pictures Mob ## We are KDE patrons DevFeed: [We are KDE patrons]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z Content type: release Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Mobile](), [User Interfaces](), [Operating system]() Tags: [announcement](), [community](), [community-edition](), [desktop](), [developers](), [devices](), [hardware](), [kde](), [manjaro](), [mobile](), [pine64](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [plasma](), [platforms](), [technology](), [user-interface](), [user-interfaces]() ### AI overview PINE64 announces that KDE e.V. has made it a patron, building on the companies' longstanding relationship through KDE Plasma on the Pinebook, PinePhone, and Pinebook Pro. PINE64 says the partnership is expected to bring closer cooperation and tighter integration of KDE technology on its hardware platforms. ### Source excerpt KDE is a project near and dear to our hearts. The original Pinebook, which forged the path for our current hardware lineup, was the first PINE64 device to ship with KDE Plasma Desktop. This was in early 2017. Fast forward to today, both the PinePhone and Pinebook Pro - our current flagship devices - ship with their respective Plasma user interfaces atop of the Manjaro operating system. As many of you surely also remember, earlier this year a dedicated KDE community edition of the PinePhone was sold with the intention to boost development of the Plasma Mobile user interface on the PinePhone. Suffice it to say, we have a long-standing and close relationship with KDE. Therefore it gives me great pleasure to announce that PINE64 has been made a patron by KDE e.V. I would like to take this opportunity to thank KDE e.V. and all the developers I've had the pleasure to work with over the years as well as KDE community members, who have been very supportive of what we do. This most recent development in our mutual journey will surely result in closer cooperation and a tighter integration of KDE's technology on our hardware platforms. Many good things will come from this - stay tuned. Read the full announcement on KDE's website. ## PINE64 May community update on PineTime, PinePhone, and infrastructure DevFeed: [PINE64 May community update on PineTime, PinePhone, and infrastructure]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2021-05-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Pinebook-Pro](), [cloud-infrastructure]() Tags: [community-update](), [lora](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [quartz64](), [soedge](), [update]() ### AI overview PINE64's May community update covers shipping, PineTime availability and software work, PinePhone production and accessories, and plans to move hosted services to a permanent server rack. ### Source excerpt Let me start by welcoming the newcomers! If you are a new Pinebook Pro or PinePhone BE owner, make sure to pop by the chat or the forum and say hello to the community. A quick note before we get into it: we have narrowed the width of the blogpost pages, thereby hopefully making entries easier to read. This caused some issues on mobile Firefox and Opera browsers. We believe the issue is now fixed, but if you run into any problems or oddities please make sure to let us know in the comments section. Thanks. You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on Odysee and Peertube. Stay up-to-date with PINE64 news and make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow PINE64 Telegram News channel, the announcements channel in Discord as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to thank JF, Alex (clover), Peter (pgwipeout), Biktor, Martijn and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. N.B. Comments on the blog post need to be in English and follow our Community Rules and Code of Conduct. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & TL;DR Housekeeping: shipping ongoing + ideas for shipping updates on the website Housekeeping: SOEdge AI module available in the Pine Store & Pinecil hammerhead tip coming soon Housekeeping: cluster hosting our services will be moved to a permanent server rack in near future; will affect chats in and forums. Housekeeping: people behind FOSS2go are building PineGuild PineTime: big interest in PineTime following 1.0 launch blog post; thrilled about the reception inside and outside community PineTime: more PineTimes available in June, will feature InfiniTime 1.0 PineTime: many pull requests waiting to be merged; new version of Siglo and improvements to Pinetime support in Gadgetbridge PinePhone: rolling production started - you can order the PinePhone any day ## April Update: New Developments DevFeed: [April Update: New Developments]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2021-04-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Linux](), [Mobile](), [Hardware](), [Software]() Tags: [community](), [community-update](), [hardware](), [linux](), [lora](), [news](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinecil](), [pinephone](), [pinetab](), [software](), [update]() ### AI overview PINE64's April community update reports shipping timelines, Quartz64 hardware and Linux progress, PinePhone hardware and software developments, and PineTime firmware work toward a 1.0 release. ### Source excerpt Before we start, I'd like to acknowledge that this community update was written collaboratively, with contributions from 7 developers. I hope that moving forward we maintain this dynamic and more developers, as well as community members, partake in the write-up process. If you'd like to participate in the next update then please make sure to reach out. Now, let's get to this month's news. You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on Odysee and Peertube. Stay up-to-date with PINE64 news and make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow PINE64 Telegram News channel, the announcements channel in Discord as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to thank JF, Alex (clover), Bhushan, Dalton, Peter (pgwipeout), Biktor, Konrad, Brian (33YN2) and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. N.B. Comments on the blog post need to be in English and follow our Community Rules and Code of Conduct. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & Video synopsis of this month's update TL;DR Housekeeping - PinePhone BE & Pinebook Pro orders prior to April 12th ship out this month & orders made after the 12th mid-May; follow the shipping update thread Housekeeping - we're giving 100+ OG Pinebooks to a good cause; thank you for all the suggestions! Housekeeping - we're Linux App Summit sponsors (again) this year. Quartz64 - a close look at Quartz64 model-B; feature run-down and more Quartz64 - model-A delayed by a month+, as GbE PHY chip cannot be sourced and will therefore be replaced Quartz64 - incredible software progress; board boots both BSP and Mainline Linux now! PinePhone Hardware - keyboard back April 16th, I'll cover it separately later this month PinePhone Hardware - wireless charging + fingerprint reader back case in production - prototype shown PinePhone Hardware - LoRa back ## The Dual-Screen Pinebook Pro DevFeed: [The Dual-Screen Pinebook Pro]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: About The Author Published: 2021-03-19T00:00:00Z Content type: tutorial Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Linux](), [GUI](), [ide](), [USB](), [Graphics]() Tags: [category5-technology-tv](), [debian](), [dual-screen](), [graphics](), [ide](), [laptop](), [linux](), [pinebook-pro](), [screen](), [usb]() ### AI overview A project tutorial showing how to turn a Pinebook Pro into a portable dual-screen Linux laptop using an external display. The author reports that the setup is functional but cautions that compatibility, power requirements, and troubleshooting may vary by Linux distribution and USB-C screen. ### Source excerpt In this project, I'll turn my Pinebook Pro into a portable multi-monitor Linux laptop and show you how to do the same. Introduction In this post, I'll share how I turned my Pinebook Pro into a dual-screen Linux laptop. It's a rather inexpensive upgrade, and what parts I didn't personally have on hand I was able to manufacture myself. This post is not meant to be an exhaustive guide. I simply want to put the bug in your ear and show you how I did it, confirming that a dual-screen setup for the Pinebook Pro is not only possible, but entirely functional (and looks slick too). It'd be nice to have a portable multi-monitor workstation. And that's where this project comes in. A Quick Disclaimer I can't promise this will work as well on every Linux distro, nor can I assure you every USB-C screen will work. So I'll say this: The Pinebook Pro is a laptop for makers. Projects like this may or may not work, and may take troubleshooting and time to figure out. There are so many variables. But to me, the process is all part of the fun, and the risk is thrilling. Keep in mind as you dive into this project that drawing too much power from your Pinebook Pro could cause problems, or even damage. While I'll cover my power requirements below, it's important to note that you do this at your own risk. If in doubt, speak with someone who is confident about this stuff, or post your questions in the forum to request help from the community. Don't miss the video at the bottom of this post! My Dual-Screen Pinebook Pro _Mmmmmmm_ulti-Monitors As a coder, I love multi-monitor setups. It's not unlike me to have my IDE up on one screen and a test environment on another. Or, when working on graphics, I prefer to move the GIMP tools to one screen and the image to another, maximizing the visible canvas. When producing my videos, multiple monitors is an absolute requirement. Good luck fitting my usual multi-monitor setup in a carrying bag! My Distro I'm not suggesting you install the same distro as m ## PINE64 March 2021 Community Update DevFeed: [PINE64 March 2021 Community Update]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2021-03-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Hardware](), [Pinebook-Pro](), [Pinephone](), [Linux]() Tags: [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [quartz64](), [soedge]() ### AI overview PINE64 reports difficult manufacturing conditions, a Quartz64 pilot production run, planned SOEdge availability, and expected PinePhone and Pinebook Pro pre-orders after production begins. ### Source excerpt Welcome to this month's community update. We're now facing one of the most challenging electronics manufacturing circumstances in years, and possibly even in all of electronics history. Despite this, I've got some good news to relay this month, including a Quartz64 pilot production-run, SOEdge being available next month and plenty of community news. Last minute update: looks like we will have the PinePhone and Pinebook Pro for pre-order next week too, hurrah! You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on YouTube (embedded below) as well as on LBRY and Peertube. Stay up-to-date with PINE64 news and make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow PINE64 Telegram News channel as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to acknowledge JF, Marek (Gamiee), Alex (clover), and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. Thank you! Let's get to it. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & Video synopsis of this month's Community Update TL;DR Housekeeping pt.1: we're facing difficult manufacturing circumstances - pre-orders for Pinebook Pro & PinePhone will open after production is underway. Housekeeping pt.1: stock availability of SBCs, SOMs and other devices will likely change on a weekly basis Housekeeping pt.2: we're working on a stock and pre-order tracking system for the Pine Store Housekeeping pt.2: the PineOne riddle was solved in record time Housekeeping pt.2: I was on FOSS-North podcast talking about PINE64 Housekeeping pt.2: fourth episode of PineTalk is out; PineTalk has been listed on Podcast Index SOEdge: SOEdge AI module now fully functional thanks to Marek (Gamiee); runs BSP Linux and build is tailored to support existing PINE64 hardware / peripherals SOEdge: the SOEdge baseboard and USB 3.0 adapter are currently being produced, and will be back next month, at which point they'll go on sale; expect ## February Update: Show and Tell DevFeed: [February Update: Show and Tell]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Single Board Computer](), [Pinephone](), [RISC-V](), [Mobile](), [Embedded Software Dev](), [AWS IoT Core]() Tags: [community-update](), [lorawan](), [news](), [pine64](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinephone-keyboard](), [quartz64](), [risc-v](), [single-board-computer](), [update]() ### AI overview PINE64's February community update reviews the Quartz64 model-A, progress on the PinePhone keyboard, the company's first RISC-V single-board computer, and plans to expand LoRaWAN across the PINE64 ecosystem. It also reports manufacturing and shipping updates, Pinebook Pro production plans, and PinePhone software and modem work. ### Source excerpt Welcome to this month's community update. As many of you know, we have now entered the Chinese New Year (CNY) period, which means that all manufacturing and related business activities have ground to a halt. It is always a mad rush to complete ongoing work prior to CNY, but now that the festive period is upon us we get a chance to catch our breath and evaluate the progress made. In this month's update we're going to take a close look at the Quartz64 model-A, showcase headway made on the PinePhone keyboard, discuss our first RISC-V single board computer and introduce plans for making LoRaWAN a staple of the PINE64 ecosystem. You can watch the synopsis of this month's community update on Youtube (embedded below) as well as on LBRY and Peertube. Stay up-to-date with PINE64 news and make sure to subscribe to this blog (subscription widget at the bottom of the webpage), follow PINE64 Telegram News channel as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to acknowledge JF, Marek (Gamiee), Alex (clover), PizzaLovingNerd, Konrad, Biktor and Dylan for their contributions to this community update. Thank you! This may just be the most news-packed update since July last year, so strap in for some PINE64-goodness and let's get to it. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & Video Synopsis by PizzaLovingNerd TL;DR for this month's update: Housekeeping: Two PineTalk episodes are out! Housekeeping: Pinecil back in stock late Feb/ early March Housekeeping: Shipping status of PinePhone Mobian CE Housekeeping: Manufacturing difficulties expected after CNY and for much of Q2/Q3 this year Quartz64: Detailed specs listed and pictures of the SBC shown Quartz64: Comparison to ROCKPro64 connectivity & performance Quartz64: Generic benchmarks on par with most popular SBC on market Quartz64: More than a stand-alone SBC - a dev platform for future devices Pinebook Pro: Production resumes in March; pre-orders mid-March Pin ## January Update: Happy New Gear! DevFeed: [January Update: Happy New Gear!]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2021-01-15T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Linux](), [OpenGL](), [USB](), [GPU](), [IRC](), [Website](), [Wiki]() Tags: [community-edition](), [community-update](), [gpu](), [irc](), [linux](), [opengl](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinecil](), [pinecube](), [pinephone](), [pinetime](), [update](), [usb](), [website](), [wiki]() ### AI overview PINE64's January community update covers the final PinePhone community edition, Quartz64 single-board computers, PineTab and Pinebook Pro production, software builds, graphics support, community infrastructure, and PineTime firmware developments. ### Source excerpt Happy New Year everyone! Let us all hope that the difficulties brought about by the COVID-19 virus are now waning and that more aspects of our lives will return to normal soon. We start this year with announcing the last community edition of the PinePhone, an update on the Quartz64 single board computers, and with some good news regarding PineTab and Pinebook Pro production. You can watch a synopsis of this month's community update on Youtube (embedded below) but also on LBRY and Peertube. Stay up-to-date with PINE64 news and make sure to subscribe to this blog (bottom of the webpage), follow PINE64 Telegram News channel as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to acknowledge JF, Marek (gamiee), Alex (clover), 33YN2 and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. Thank you. Let's get to it. Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & January Community Update Video Synopsis by PizzaLovingNerd TL:DR New website it up! Chats have been reworked and IRC bridged back up; more work on chat infrastructure soon Thank you to those who've been making documentation for Wiki PinePhone KDE CE slightly delayed but shipping soon; issues shipping to the UK PineTalk podcast starts next month! Hosted by Ezra from Elatronion and Peter from LINMOBnet Pinebook Pro and PineTab LCD panel availability looking better; production to resume after CNY Pinebook Pro OpenMandriva and AOSC Linux builds are now available Pinebook Pro FreeBSD 13 build brinds a lot of functionality to the platform Pinebook Pro alt DP display mode available in Manjaro & coming to other distros. Enables DockingDeck and other USB-C dongles Pinebook Pro to get Panfrost GPU driver with OpenGL 3.0 Quartz64 is the name of our next SBC line Quartz64 model-A detailed spec and availability roadmap PineTime important work done on the bootloader and release of InfiniTime 0.10.0 PineTime InfiniTime fork brings colourful icons, multi ## December Update: The Longest One Yet DevFeed: [December Update: The Longest One Yet]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-12-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Users](), [Mastodon]() Tags: [battery](), [community](), [community-update](), [infinitime](), [kde](), [manjaro](), [notifications](), [pine64](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinecil](), [pinephone](), [pinetab](), [pinetime](), [postmarketos](), [ubports]() ### AI overview PINE64's December 2020 community update thanks contributors, partner projects, and logistics teams while reviewing the year's progress. It previews RK3566 boards for developers, community infrastructure work, retail stores, and updates to PineTime's InfiniTime software. ### Source excerpt Welcome to the last community update of the year. I want to start this month's update by thanking everyone who helped us make this challenging year a fruitful and successful one. A special thanks goes to the core community team - our mods and admins - who keep the cogs spinning on a daily basis. Marek (gamiee) and Matthew (fire219) have done an incredible job this year reworking our community-facing infrastructure; this is something which was long overdue and is now appreciated by tens of thousands of end-users. I also want to thank our partner projects - UBports, postmarketOS, Manjaro and KDE Community in particular - for working with us tirelessly to make the PinePhone, PineTab and Pinebook Pro a success. We literally couldn't have done it without you. Special thanks also goes out to the independent contributors whose work continuously assists partner projects in building OSes for our platforms. Finally, I want to say thank you to the Pine64 community at large. We deeply appreciate you all for being the end-users who make this project thrive. I would be remiss not to acknowledge and thank the members of Pine Store's logistics, sales and shipping teams who delivered tens of thousands of PinePhones and Pinebook Pros throughout 2020; this was no small feat I assure you. You can watch a synopsis of this month's community update on Youtube (embedded below) but also on LBRY and Peertube. To stay up-to-date with PINE64 news make sure to subscribe to this blog (footer at the bottom of the webpage), follow PINE64 Telegram News channel as well as our Twitter and Mastodon. I'd like to acknowledge JF, Marek (gamiee), Alex (clover) and PizzaLovingNerd for their contributions to this community update. Thank you. From all of us at PINE64, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! Note: This image preview protects your privacy. Click to load the video from the Google servers. Link to the video & Video synopsis of the Community Update by PizzaLovingNerd TL;DR for thi ## 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 ## PINE64 September Update: Shipping, PinePhone Software and Product Updates DevFeed: [PINE64 September Update: Shipping, PinePhone Software and Product Updates]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Pinebook-Pro](), [software-development](), [Arm](), [Linux](), [Fedora]() Tags: [community-update](), [fedora](), [linux](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinetab](), [pinetime]() ### AI overview PINE64's September community update covers shipping, store plans, Pinebook Pro production, PineTab software availability, PineTime development kits, and PinePhone software and camera updates. ### Source excerpt We have been fortunate to welcome many new members into our ranks over the past 30 days. This is in large part due to the continued interest in the Pinebook Pro and PineTab, which have just shipped, as well as the ongoing massive demand for the PinePhone. By my estimate, come December we will have shipped more PinePhones than OpenMoko and the original Ubuntu Touch smartphones ... combined. Let this sink in for a minute. I'd also like to thank JF for once again providing this month's PineTime community update. There is plenty of stuff to get to, so let's get to it! This month's TL;DR: Shipping is coming along quite well; stay tuned to shipping updates on the forum New Pine Store in the works; not only will it look better but will also support more payment options We're an Arm ecosystem partner now; Pinebook Pro laptops will be give-aways at this year's Arm Dev Summit Pinebook Pro: production halted temporarily due to LCD panel shortages (hopefully will resume in 2 months time) Pinebook Pro: check out the Fedora 32 community build with a choice of multiple DEs PineTabs are being delivered; positive initial reception Mobian and Arch Linux builds are now also available for the PineTab PineTime dev kits with InfiniTime ought to be available in Pine Store September 20 PineTime Hypnos - a Zephyr based firmware spotlight PinePhone Manjaro CE available for pre-order September 17 PinePhone software development: 13 OSes, multi-boot, and the p-boot bootloader is awesome PinePhone camera implementations on Ubuntu Touch; 30FPS viewfinder and Qt 5.12 updates PinePhone Megapixels camera postmarketOS app; both main and front cameras working, and taking higher-resolution pictures PineCubes are awaiting assembly; should be available in the store later this month Housekeeping The first topic on the housekeeping agenda concerns shipping. Generally speaking, this round of shipping is proceeding pretty well. Most DHL shipments have already been dispatched and delivered, as have regular ship ## August update: getting into a rhythm and not slowing down DevFeed: [August update: getting into a rhythm and not slowing down]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: PineTime Published: 2020-08-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Hardware](), [Pinephone](), [Software](), [USB]() Tags: [community](), [hardware](), [os](), [pine64](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinecil](), [pinecube](), [pinephone](), [pinetab](), [pinetime](), [software](), [update](), [usb]() ### AI overview PINE64's August 2020 update covers community rules, product production and availability, PineBook Pro support for elementary OS 6 Odin, PineTab delays and expansion boards, PinePhone hardware and software developments, and updates on Pinecil and PineCube. ### Source excerpt elementary OS 6 Odin on Pinebook Pro - image via Alan Pope I am currently traveling and have a limited amount of time to write, so I'd like to apologize in advance for not covering all topics and not answering outstanding answering questions that some of you are waiting to hear about. I also had less time to review chat backlogs, tweets, the forum and other information sources, and in result it is possible that I missed some information which ought to be covered. I'd also like to thank JF for covering the PineTime progress leading up to the early adopters edition of the PineTime, which will be available for purchase in the coming weeks. TL;DR for this month New and clear rules of community engagement are coming PINE64 logo and brand-name infringements Pinebook Pro production is on schedule; factory will deliver PBPs to us on 24 August Pinebook Pro is getting elementary OS 6 Odin support! A look at the Pinebook Pro USB-C docking station; waiting for software support PineTab delayed one week; volume button flex cable mistake A look at RTL-SDR and LoRa expansion expansion boards for the PineTab PineTab pre-orders reopen late this month Last chance to get the postmarketOS CE - sold out any day now. PinePhone: we're on a roll and we're not slowing down (until CNY) PinePhone community hardware mods and awesome projects We're exploring keyboard options for the PinePhone Notable PinePhone software developments Pinecil coming in September; a tipset will be available at launch PineCube positive response; available in September/ early October PineCube accessories - LCD panel and battery Housekeeping A recent series of events led me to rethink our formal rules of community engagement. As the community grows - and at a rapid pace at that - moderators and community members need to have clear guidelines to reference concerning the type of engagements we, as a community, are willing to accept. Before I write anything else, let me start by saying I am not a fan of heavy-handed moder ## July update: PinePhone Convergence Package and postmarketOS CE pre-orders DevFeed: [July update: PinePhone Convergence Package and postmarketOS CE pre-orders]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: PineTime Published: 2020-07-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Hardware](), [RISC-V]() Tags: [pinebook-pro](), [pinecil](), [pinecube](), [pinephone](), [postmarketos](), [risc-v](), [update]() ### AI overview PINE64's July update announces the PinePhone Convergence Package and postmarketOS Community Edition pre-orders. It also reports on PinePhone software and standby time, Pinebook Pro plans, and the Pinecil RISC-V soldering iron and PineCube camera. ### Source excerpt I cannot remember the last time I had this much to report. With so many announcements and highlights, I ran out of time and didn't cover a handful of topics that happened this month. If I find the time, I'll make a complimentary post later this month to cover the outstanding topics. Before we get into it, I'd also like to thank JF for his contribution to the text. The big announcement of the month is that we're introducing the PinePhone Convergence Package and that postmarketOS Community Edition (CE) pre-orders open today. The Convergence Package features a PinePhone with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of eMMC flash storage as well as a USB-C dock tailored for the PinePhone. This month we're also unveiling the Pinecil RISC-V soldering iron and reintroducing the PineCube (formerly CUBE) FOSS IP camera into our product line. There's plenty of ground to cover, so let's get to it. TL;DR for this month We're trying out a new shipping arrangement to EU with postmarketOS CE; expect it to benefit end-users in Europe We are presently unable to ship any devices to Russia or India (doesn't apply to SBCs & peripherals) PinePhone postmarketOS CE pre-orders open today! Introducing PinePhone Convergence Package with postmarketOS CE featuring 3GB RAM/ 32GB eMMC and a USB-C dock for $199; available alongside regular PinePhone postmarketOS CE for $149 PinePhone spare battery charger and protective tempered glass are now in PINE Store The PinePhone can now achieve 100hrs standby time without modem; over 24hrs with modem enabled (!) PinePhone state of software, including postmarketOS, Manjaro, and Mobian Pinebook Pro - finally good news from *BSD community; FreeBSD is coming together Lomiri (formerly Unity8) running on Manjaro on Pinebook Pro No (OG) Pinebooks being produced right now; we'll wait for component prices to come down Next round of Pinebook Pro pre-orders at the end of July/ beginning of August Pinebook Pro dock is being evaluated by developers; it will be a little longer before we sh ## PINE64 Shipping Updates and Resources for New Pinebook Pro and PinePhone Owners DevFeed: [PINE64 Shipping Updates and Resources for New Pinebook Pro and PinePhone Owners]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-05-28T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Linux](), [Operating system]() Tags: [blog](), [blog-post](), [boot](), [community](), [docs](), [kde](), [linux](), [manjaro](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [privacy](), [usb](), [wifi]() ### AI overview This introductory PINE64 post provides shipping and tracking information for Pinebook Pro laptops and PinePhones, explains a WiFi privacy-switch issue affecting some Pinebook Pro units, and points newcomers to support resources and alternative operating systems. ### Source excerpt With thousands of Pinebook Pro laptops and PinePhone smartphones shipping in the next days and weeks, I felt that a short introductory blog post aimed at newcomers was in order. To this end, the primary purpose of this entry is to give you an overview of all the resources at your disposal. Shipping Information and Updates You can follow the shipping progress of both devices in a dedicated PINE64 forum thread. I will update the thread on a need-be basis as new information becomes available. Support and Info teams receive the same status updates that I post on the forum, so there is no need to email them for general shipping queries. If your device ships using DHL Express, then you'll most likely be notified of shipment via SMS and/or email immediately as your order gets scanned into the DHL database. You will also receive a shipping confirmation email from us in days following the DHL shipping notification. If your PinePhone ships via Asendia then you'll receive your tracking number directly from us. Due to the high volume of shipments, it may take a couple of days before the dispatch team emails you your shipping number. Please be patient. The Pinebook Pro With Manjaro KDE Plasma A quick PSA first**:** the factory left the WiFi privacy switch (as well as potentially also other privacy switches) turned ON during testing on some Pinebook Pro laptops, so you may have to disable the switch to re-enable WiFi**.** We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. The Pinebook Pro ships with Manjaro which features the KDE Plasma desktop. Manjaro is a phenomenal Linux distribution with an equally great and thriving community. The developers are our friends and colleagues, and they can be reached on their and our forums as well as in our chats. To learn more about the Manjaro build which ships with your Pinebook Pro please see the following: PINE64 Manjaro forum thread Manjaro PInebook Pro Tips & Tricks forum thread For more general information about Manjaro Linux distribut ## 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 ## April Update: CE & FCC, Software Update and DIY Router? DevFeed: [April Update: CE & FCC, Software Update and DIY Router?]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Linux](), [Pinephone](), [IRC](), [Matrix](), [Ubuntu](), [notifications](), [USB]() Tags: [android](), [community-update](), [development](), [devices](), [fcc](), [irc](), [linux](), [matrix](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinetab](), [pinetime](), [rockpro64-2](), [ubuntu](), [update](), [usb]() ### AI overview PINE64's April community update covers device shipping plans, PinePhone certifications and software progress, Pinebook Pro development, hardware projects, community infrastructure, and a possible ROCKPro64-based router. ### Source excerpt I hope and trust this update finds everyone well. Production in China is picking up pace and we expect to start shipping the Pinebook Pro with Manjaro and PinePhone UBports Community edition next month. I am happy to report that, for the time being, everything is proceeding smoothly and we're on track to ship devices in accordance with our original plans. Still, I encourage you to sign up to this blog to stay up-to-date on shipping information since anything can happen in the next 30 days. Here is the TL:DR for this month's community update: ROCKPro64 cluster is up and running; IRC and Matrix will be moved over to it soon We're shipping surgical masks to those in need in your local community PinePhone UBports edition gets CE, FCC and RED certifications UBports Ubuntu Touch shaping up nicely; major development milestones reached Other PinePhone OSes begin maturing; state of development + new phone OS CRUST suspend on the PinePhone; 15 hours battery now possible Schematics for PCBA v1.2 available after testing; v1.2 will be available in the store for BH users eventually Pinebook Pro Manjaro KDE build is very polished; development report Docking your Pinebook Pro using USB-C; using Manjaro mainline kernel We're making our own USB-C dock; better ergonomics than most OEM options RK3399 OG Pinebook upgrade kit testing and challenges; we'll likely use graphene for cooling PineTab delayed until pandemic over; ready for fabrication and report of improvements + tablet keyboard is ready The PineTime is now a smartwatch; BLE notifications support; we need a Linux + Android companion app OpenWRT on ROCKPro64; what do you think about a ROCKPro64-based router? Housekeeping The PINE64 ROCKPro64 cluster has finally made it to its location at BBXNET and the process of setting it up began. For those who don't know, in November last year we announced that we'll be moving our services over to a custom 24-node ROCKPro64 cluster. At the time of writing the cluster is already up and runnin ## March Update: Manjaro on Pinebook Pro & PinePhone Software DevFeed: [March Update: Manjaro on Pinebook Pro & PinePhone Software]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z Content type: news Language: en Sources: [Community blog on PINE64]() Topics: [Pinephone](), [Operating system](), [Development](), [Kernel](), [IRC](), [Matrix](), [foss](), [communications]() Tags: [community-update](), [foss](), [irc](), [kernel](), [manjaro](), [matrix](), [os](), [pinebook-pro](), [pinephone](), [pinetime](), [software]() ### 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 [Next page]()