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her pinebook pro runs manjaro. yeah and we were not able to run blender on it, because it requires better video card.
my pinebook pro runs gentoo and manages to compile everything it needs.
Apr 02 · 2 months ago
however recently, for a year or so probably, rust requires so much memory to compile that it cannot compile rust anymore.
i compile rust because librsvg is written in it, and lots of things have hard dependency on it in gentoo.
and rust-bin is not available in gentoo for aarch64. at least not when i checked last time.
there is a gentoo ticket regarding making librsvg a weaker and optional dependency, more configurable by USE flags, but it is not yet done.
anyway, pinebook is amazing. it has no fan, and it can be charged with regular 2A old phone charger. people on boats use it.
and it is very affordable.
i sometimes think that mnt reform is a better option in terms of repairability, but it costs much more, looks fatter, and i guess it is more heavy and less convenient to carry around, my understanding is that it is comparable by performance, but uncomparable by cost.
i think pinebook pro is an amazing device and i wish i had more money to buy it to more of my friends or relatives who struggle with old intel notebooks.
👻 mediocregopher [OP...] · Apr 02 at 14:35:
I should have come back and update this, thanks you for reminding me @norayr and for the recommendation. I did indeed get a PBP of my own and am loving it so far. Got the sway release of manjaro running on it without much problem, and I can say it's like a huge breath of fresh air to have a true linux machine on an ARM laptop. My only criticism is that the touchpad is clunky, but other than that the build quality is great and everything seems to just work.
☕️ hellfire103 · Apr 08 at 10:27:
@gyaradong It's possible on some models. Veronica Explains recently did a video on it.
https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/hR4wubPUhEW3LR8ZckEAsn
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...
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