Is anyone managing to actually use a #pine64 #pinetab2 ?

It's already a couple years old and the default OS looks stale and barely network able?

The first pinetab was clunky asf although i managed limited usage on a few different OS'. I daily drove and loved the pbp for what it's worth, but need tablet format for bad PH days. My 8 yr old degoogled device took flight into some concrete today. oof

Or open to another linux tablet? that doesn't require stealing a balaclava to knock over a bank.

Seeing the PostmarketOS fan mascot (I love it a lot @pastelsolitude !) made me realise I never explained the art I made for the April community update.

I have been wanting to make a proper mascot for #pine64 for a long time but it has never happened due to there being no wishes for one from the founder.

Charlie (yes, a reference to THAT unicorn) was originally based on an image of a toy that was given to a previous community managers child and was first used as an April fools mascot in 2022 for the PineBuds.

These days I draw them as an unofficial mascot to represent the Pine64 community along with their yearly appearances as a April fools character.

My Pinecil (V2) soldering iron has arrived! It's soooo small and cute!

We have three different forms of compost in containers

yes hyegeine around computers is an irreversible must

Are there any good single board computers developed/produced in #EU by a EU company except #pine64 ?

I recently received my #pine64 #pinetabv. Going to make a couple of videos on it. I want to publish a tutorial for batch 1 owners on flashing the new test firmware as it requires a new uboot image to be flashed onto the SPI chip.

One major thing I've noticed is that the SOC is highly dependent on the GPU. It cannot handle rendering using software as the CPU is very weak. It is very usable when the desktop is accelerated, web browsing is snappy.

I didn't manage to get the cameras to work, I noticed that there are some cobbled together scripts to get them to work, but that was unsuccessful. I did get display out to work fine though, as seen in the image.

My Gentoo PinePhone(Pro) overlay has been updated. It now features Megapixels 2 Alpha 1 and Phosh 46 im not 100% sure I can upate to phosh 47 when it will release, due to the fact that gnome on gentoo is always abit behind. I will keep you all updated on it.

I've updated the Pine64 Wiki with the up-to-date overlay and documentation locations. https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Pro_Software_Releases#Gentoo.
I would stongly recommend using the binaryhost since it recudes the compile time on the PinePhonePro. The binaryhost is PinePhonePro Only since lets be real using a normal PinePhone with Gentoo is not really realistic. The Binaryhost is updating to Python 3.13.

Tempted to buy a #Pine64 #PineNote... if only it had a keyboard case option.
Tempted to buy a Pine64 #PineTab 2... if only it had an EMR pen option.

XD

Update on shipping to the US

The PineStore have just set up a special shipping arrangement for US customers. This is done in bulk and will cost customers more, in turn the shipping will be quicker.

Please note that we can't guarantee whether you'll have to pay any extra tax at the border. There is also a 100 USD total cart value limit, this is due to risk as the PineStore are using a flat charge for the shipping method.

So I had to move from Fosstodon due to it collapsing, I am still looking at options for moving the @PINE64 account.

Important update for US customers.

The PinePhone, PineTab, and Pinenote are still able to ship from Hong Kong. However, all shipments from China are already suspended due to our shipping service no longer accepting packages.

The effect of the US tariffs start on May 2nd when shipments reach US customs. So please be aware that even if you place an order before May 2nd that it is possible (and likely if ordered close to the date) to be charged the extra tariff fee on top.

Thank You.

Our bridge bots have been unbanned and whitelisted, it turns out this was due to spam coming through the matrix bridge.

We are going to make some changes to help mitigate spam.

Thank you to the Matrix team for helping us out.

Quick heads up, our bridge bots on the Matrix side are continuing to get banned for an unknown reason. Therefore some channels on Matrix are no longer bridging.

IRC, Discord and Telegram remain unaffected, we will continue looking into possible solutions for the time being.

I've gotta say, my #PineTime is my favorite #Pine64 product I own. Perfect? No. A good use of $25? Absolutely.

Happy April (no fools this year)!

Another community update is here. This month we report on the return of the PineTab-V, the release of our micro soldering tip set, the imminent release of the StarPro64 SBC and software improvements to the PineTab 2 and PineNote.

And Charlie the Pinecorn returns for April too .

#pine64

https://pine64.org/2025/04/13/april_2025/