04-03-2018, 11:42 AM
Back in August, I reviewed a Pine A64+ 2BG board, comparing it to the Raspberry Pi 3. For most of the hardware, the Pine A64+ was better than the Pi. Unfortunately, when it came to software availability, the Pine A64+ was behind the curve ... way behind. At that time, I thought that this problem would be fixed "soon". Based on what I'm seeing here, none of the "problems" that were noted in that review have been resolved.
http://www.accs.com/p_and_p/A64/index.html
Unfortunately, there's still no distribution with a modern (4.0+) Linux kernel linked from the download site ( http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pine_A6...re_Release ). What's the holdup here? Is there ANY release that supports the 4.0+ kernel? I'd be willing to get it from elsewhere, but I really want something current to work with.
It appears to me that they're still waiting for the GPU driver, although there could be other issues. Until the necessary code has been integrated into the Linux mainline, these computers will have limited usefulness. Once the product owners can offer a current Linux solution, with repositories, this excellent hardware will be in a position to gain market share.
Is there any update on the overall software situation?
http://www.accs.com/p_and_p/A64/index.html
Unfortunately, there's still no distribution with a modern (4.0+) Linux kernel linked from the download site ( http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pine_A6...re_Release ). What's the holdup here? Is there ANY release that supports the 4.0+ kernel? I'd be willing to get it from elsewhere, but I really want something current to work with.
It appears to me that they're still waiting for the GPU driver, although there could be other issues. Until the necessary code has been integrated into the Linux mainline, these computers will have limited usefulness. Once the product owners can offer a current Linux solution, with repositories, this excellent hardware will be in a position to gain market share.
Is there any update on the overall software situation?