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@tom - No, it's IPS, with a cradle for charging. I can get about 4-5 days off a single charge. Bright and clear display, though I would have liked either e-paper or OLED. Considering the price point, and it's already good battery life, I'm happy with it. :)

@lucifargundam @lupyuen @zpartacoos
Unfortunately, it's just a misleading title in an otherwise reasonably accurate article. The PineTime definitely doesn't run Linux. Pine don't (as far as I know) claim that it does. That said, it is part of a larger Linux ecosystem, what with the PineBook Pro, PinePhone and PineTab etc. To an outsider, it may lead one down the garden path of assumption.
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@lupyuen wtf is "app signal data" supposed to mean? His ISP is selling his IP logs? This should be the story.

@lucifargundam hmmm I don't think so. An RTOS is very very different from something like linux or even MacOS or Windows. And just to clarify, PineTime does *not* run Linux or any Linux based OS as it stands. Additionally, the chip for the watch is an nRF52832 which is Arm Cortex-M based. This would make the theoretical "porting" very difficult and even if you were able to I don't see how that would be beneficial as the battery would die incredibly fast due to not having the sleep and realtime functionality of an RTOS given the low capacity battery it has.

Having said all of that, I'll let @lupyuen comment as he is most certainly the expert on this.

The Linux Foundation are carrying out a survey on "Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Open Source", and I know this is something #foss #freesoftware and #opensource people (and opponents thereof!) on the Fedi have opinions on. So please boost and fill in.

Contributing to an evidence base may be a way of highlighting the problems and shaming people with money into doing something about them.

research.net/r/PZ9J8QN

"The move to make a second language for developing the kernel is gathering momentum. But there are still challenges ahead"

zdnet.com/article/rust-in-the-

"worst facet of Muse Group's attempt to take down musescore-downloader is its discussion of Xmader's status as a Chinese expat and warnings of the possible draconian consequences for him"

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/0

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