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Pinebook Pro Update: The $199 Linux Laptop is Almost Ready to Go

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 08 2019, @05:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the does-it-come-in-a-pine-box? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

After unveiling plans to launch a $199 Linux laptop with a Rockchip RK3399 processor earlier this year, the folks at Pine64 have been hard at work designing the hardware and software for the upcoming Pinebook Pro.

Now the team has posted a YouTube video showing off the latest prototype, and demonstrating that it has improved hardware, and support for 4K video playback (something the company's original Pinebook couldn't handle).

Pine64 still has some kinks to work out — audio isn't working on the current motherboard, and there are problems with charging, suspend and resume. But it looks like the Pinebook Pro could be ready to ship within months.

Source: https://liliputing.com/2019/05/pinebook-pro-update-the-199-linux-laptop-is-almost-ready-to-go.html

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Freeman on Wednesday May 08 2019, @04:35PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @04:35PM (#840851) Journal

    Comment on news post:

    Deal-breaker for me as well. I understand the need for the ISO layout for markets outside of the US but as a technical user who can touch-type the whole US-layout keyboard having to re-learn many of the special characters is simply out of the question for me.

    https://www.pine64.org/2019/05/06/may-2019-news/ [pine64.org]

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by zzarko on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:07PM

    by zzarko (5697) on Wednesday May 08 2019, @10:07PM (#841038)

    If someone can touch-type, then it shouldn't matter what is drawn on the keys, just use your favorite keymap, no?

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