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I bought a Pinebook Pro when they first became available. It's been running Manjaro ever since. I did a lot of tinkering with it during the first six months or so, but it has been stable ever since. I had no problems with build quality, but some users reported breaking the screen hinge on some of the very early units off the production line. It is not a fast machine, but gets me through those times I have to be away from my desktop machine. The built-in speakers are nearly useless, but other than that I've been pretty happy with it.
Dec 04 · 4 weeks ago
@jdcard yeah they were really bad on the original pinebook too. Sucks that they put so little care into those espescially with how cheap audio is these days.
🐉 gyaradong · Dec 09 at 03:25:
hmm is reflashing linux on a chromium not possible?
👻 mediocregopher · Dec 09 at 23:36:
It depends on the model. Older ARM models like mine don't make it easy.... Mine won't boot anything except signed ChromeOS. I could flash the firmware (after physically enabling R/W on the motherboard), but libreboot doesn't currently support my machine, and I haven't found any other alternatives.
There are compatibility lists that make it fairly easy to know what chromebook to buy.
Pinebook Pro — Background: I've been a desktop Linux user for the past 10+ years. I've had an ARM Chromebook for the last 6. My Chromebook is basically just a web browser/ssh terminal with a keyboard attached, I don't use it for anything else. I'm thinking about replacing the Chromebook with a pinebook Pro, mostly in anticipation of chrome not allowing adblockers anymore, but also as part of a longer term goal of degoogling my life. Does anyone have any experience with the pinebook? My main...