From 4abfd709d4324ee7e2647791a4b2db06cff2e436 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "martin@ashbysoft.com" Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:55:28 +0000 Subject: Post on pine64 --- content/posts/2021-09-26-pine64.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/posts/2021-09-26-pine64.md (limited to 'content/posts/2021-09-26-pine64.md') diff --git a/content/posts/2021-09-26-pine64.md b/content/posts/2021-09-26-pine64.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62948ec --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2021-09-26-pine64.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +title: "Pine64" +date: 2021-09-26T16:39:28+01:00 +draft: false +--- + +I bought a [Pinebook Pro](https://www.pine64.org/pinebook-pro/) some while back, and I'm quite happy with it. It has a nice small form factor, decent display, nice shell, and reasonable battery life. When I first bought it software support was somewhat sketchy, however most linux distributions and even OpenBSD now have support for it, so I'm hoping I can keep using it for a number of years. I have even managed to do some dayjob (software development) work with it. + +I also bought the [Pinephone](https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/) but I've had much less success with this due to software not having caught up yet, and it's mostly consigned to my laptop bag these days. I might use it as a home server with a nice display in future. + +Finally I bought the [Pinetime](https://www.pine64.org/pinetime/) smartwatch. I bought the dev kit in the full knowledge the software wasn't there yet, but at only something like £25 it was quite attractive as a hobby project. The [Infinitime](https://github.com/JF002/Infinitime) operating system (which the pinetime is sold with) is quite accessible for me, and I hope to make some contributions to it in future. It doesn't quite replace my old pebble for looks or software yet, but the company and community are making progress. + +I'm really keen to try the [Pinenote](https://www.pine64.org/pinenote/) in future, as I really prefer looking at reflective rather than traditional transmissive backlit displays when I can, and it looks like a really nice crossover between tablet, laptop and e-reader. -- cgit v1.2.3-ZIG