ramob @ramob@qoto.org

@PINE64
Alright. Enough already with the cool "I must have one no matter if I need it or not" new products. Stop it. Stop. It!

... Pretty please?

😜

@PINE64 the PineNote… thank you for ensuring I don’t spend money on a Remarkable or an iPad mini, brilliant!

@PINE64
> I’m sure some of you lunatics will also use it for terminal work and other such applications – godspeed and have fun with it, you’ve got our blessing.

Haha yeah absolutely, an e-ink screen seems great for terminal work and reducing eye-strain because you do not get either too much light in your face or not enough.

August Community Update!

We're excited to announce the
#PineNote: fast refresh e-ink panel, 4GB RAM, 128GB eMMC, Rockchip RK3566- $399

Also:
- #PinePhone keyboard enters production - coming soon

- #PinebookPro new touchpad firmware

- #PineTime & #PineDio

- development updates

And _much_ more!

https://www.pine64.org/2021/08/15/introducing-the-pinenote/

We are now a KDE patron!

https://www.pine64.org/2021/06/02/we-are-kde-patrons/

We've set up a site to inform users about current stock levels, estimated availability and to relay shipping information. Currently in testing.

Check it out: https://www.pine64.org/availability-and-shipping-status/

#pinephone #pinebookpro #Quartz64 #pinetab

Megi's #PinePhone kernel updates bring battery life, performance improvements

https://linuxsmartphones.com/megis-pinephone-kernel-updates-bring-battery-life-performance-improvements/

To anyone interested in the #Pinephone, or even the #Librem5 and #Linux #smartphones in general, we owe a huge debt of gratitude imo to #Megi.

He's not employed to do this, but donates hundreds of his own personal hours helping to get the hardware working, increase battery life (over and over) and generally make a huge amount of the smartphone progress we've seen, happen.

I'm personally extremely grateful and encourage everyone to donate at the bottom of his page here:
https://xnux.eu/contribute.html

Some big improvements for the #pinephone !

https://linuxsmartphones.com/megis-pinephone-kernel-updates-bring-battery-life-performance-improvements/

@jarbus Honestly, the pinebook pro if you're not doing more than a bit of terminal stuff

A lot has changed in our latest #beta with #phosh on @ManjaroLinuxARM for your #pinephone. Get it now: https://github.com/manjaro-pinephone/phosh/releases/tag/beta10

Waiting for a #PinePhone or #PinebookPro? Shipping of remaining devices next week.

Details in shipping thread: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=13616

'Free Software is about empowerment.

When I was a student with little money, Linux enabled me to do interesting things with my cheap and old computer where the pre-installed software failed.

Since then, my whole education & many achievements would have been impossible had I not been able to experiment, learn, disassemble, reassemble, modify, tweak, and use #software the way I wanted.

This kind of #empowerment needs a strong lobby: the FSFE'

– Thomas Kahle

https://fsfe.org/about/people/testimonials#kahle

We're taking aim for the stars with FemtoStar - a mobile satellite service running open software atop of open hardware spacecraft.

https://www.pine64.org/2021/05/19/femtostar-taking-aim-for-the-stars/

@Blort
@ramob @lupyuen
#Briar might support LoRa, however the overall available bandwidth is so low that IM might be really impractical.

Remote Control with #LoRa ... Up to 40 km range at 900 MHz

https://github.com/ExpressLRS/ExpressLRS

#PinePhone can now be purchased year round, wireless charging and #LoRa cases coming in June, keyboard case coming this summer

https://linuxsmartphones.com/pinephone-can-now-be-purchased-year-round-wireless-charging-and-lora-cases-coming-in-june-keyboard-case-coming-this-summer/

#Pine64 May Update: Connection Established (#LoRa, #PineTime)

https://www.pine64.org/2021/05/15/may-update-connection-established/

@frumble @bshah @plasmamobile Hi, I'm the guy who's working on this branch.

You've just named two of my pet peeves why I started working on this in the first place: (1) a missing, powerful podcast app that works everywhere (desktop, phone) and (2) syncing between all these form factors.

There's still an awful long way to go, but if I can keep finding the time and motivation to work on this, I definitely want to get there.