Subj : Re: Pinebook Pro
To   : pavelc
From : MeaTLoTioN
Date : Tue Jun 23 2020 10:23:48

On 22 Jun 2020, pavelc said the following...
 
 pa> Hi MeaTLoTioN,

Hi pavelc =)

 pa> Over the last month or so, I've tried to stay away from traditional
 pa> consumption devices like my iPads for daily use.  Instead, I've been
 pa> using my pinebook pro for my morning routine or when I simply want to
 pa> watch a video or browse the web.  It's been a liberating experience.  
 pa> 
 pa> Instead of getting stuck in a never ending rabbit-hole of one youtube
 pa> video after the other, I find myself learning more about linux and slowly
 pa> customizing the pinebook pro to my liking.  I've enjoyed it so much that
 pa> I've actually started using linux as my daily driver.

This is good to hear, I use Linux as my only OS for all my computers, it
makes life so much easier for me.

 pa> With as much as I love the pinebook pro, there are still a few
 pa> limitations to it's capabilities.  It's very much a work-in-progress. 
 pa> While the debian and manjaro distributions are getting better everyday,
 pa> tweaking is required for certain things to work.  For instance, I
 pa> upgraded manjaro from 20.03 to 20.06 and suddently couldn't boot the
 pa> device.  To fix this, I had to edit boot files.  Which required using a
 pa> different install of the same distro on a bootable SD card.  After that,
 pa> I had to downgrade drivers to get the 5ghz wifi to work.  So, if you're
 pa> okay with those type of problems or you find fixing that type of stuff
 pa> enjoyable, then the PBPro could work for you.

Ah that is some good troubleshooting and resolution there... yeah the
Pinebook Pro is ARM based right? I'm glad to know that it's getting some good
attention in that respect.

 pa> LIke I mentioned, I have Manjaro installed as my distro and I use the
 pa> PBPro for routine web browsing and video watching.  I also use it for
 pa> remote connections to other machines, writing, and the ocassional hobby
 pa> like Amateur Radio or Software Defined Radio.  It seems to work well for
 pa> most of these.  Video watching is slowly getting better as the community
 pa> unlocks the hardware video decoding of the chipset.

Ohh that's interesting, what sort of amateur radio things to you use it for?
Do you use it as a radio using the SDR? or is the SDR an extra? 

I used to be quite big into amateur radio many years back, and I'm slowing
getting back into it, I purchased a hand held 2m/70cm radio from Amazon, only
one of the cheap Baofeng UV-5R's, hoping to use it locally but I think it's a
dying hobby at least where I am. Our local repeater is still up, but there's no
more echolink / allstar node now, it's just a straight repeater.

 pa> Anyway, I hope this gives you an idea of the PBPros capabilities and
 pa> shortcomings.  All-in-all, I think it's fully worth the cheap price of
 pa> admissions, if you have the right expectations.

Yes it certainly does give an idea, it sounds like it is a very viable option
for the most part.

Thank you for your explanation, looking forward to any updates on this topic.
Keep up the good work, sir.

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