Looks relevant to me...
https://hackaday.com/2018/08/29/99-pinebook-gets-kde-neon-port/
Sorry to disturb the silence.
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On August 30, 2018 7:14 PM, Christopher Havel laserhawk64@gmail.com wrote:
Looks relevant to me...
https://hackaday.com/2018/08/29/99-pinebook-gets-kde-neon-port/
Sorry to disturb the silence.
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Looks nice, maybe you know how much it respects freedom?
I know what's in the linked blurb and that's it, sorry... I'm actually far more an XFCE person than I am a KDE person.
KDE is 100% libre, I'm pretty sure. I meant about the firmware. It uses the Cortx-A53 CPU, I don't know though if it has libre firmware. Also I guess other parts will also require non-free drivers/firmware. Still looks nice.
looks like typical non-free wifi/bt firmware Realtek RTL8723BS WiFi with BT SDIO http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pinebook_Main_Page#Network https://libreplanet.org/wiki/LinuxLibre:Devices_that_require_non-free_firmwa...
idk about if they used the free uboot or allwinner non-free old stuff.
shame, £77 is cheap :) no fan (=efficiently) unlike my 201* old netbook :)
mail gpu though so basic 2d graphics for foreseeable future i think? video?
I would prefer to wait for that eoma68 laptop :D that and a have a gpd pocket gen1 that does what i need.
planning of using eoma68 latop with breakout card for a when i want a big screen with gpd pocket. assuming its still working by then... not too sure how long this gpd pocket is going to last.... screen is having a jazzy side to side flicker. reseated the lcd cable.... seamed to have helped... need to upgrade ubuntu to current version... but i think its a hw problem. didn’t do it before. after fiddling with cpu cooling... i think/fear.
upgraded cpu heat paste + copper spacer + added thermal padding to case bottom to help power IC and cpu. hmm hopping for the best.
@ Alexander Ross -- sounds like it's time for a replacement LCD cable ;) a reseat won't always do the job. Wires are shorting out inside the cable, is what it usually is -- the insulation wore out in a spot, similar to how a hole develops where the garden hose always kinks.
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