Just got my shiny new Pinebook! Clicked the "run this first" installer thing. It was doing it's thing. I left the room.

Came back and it had gone to sleep, woke it up, but now it's on a default user called "KDE NEON" (which is also the OS name, I know) and I have no idea what the password is for it.

I did set up a user for myself before doing all this, which I can try to log into, but would be interested to see if there's a solution for the other user so I can get in there and shut it down and control it properly, etc.

Tried various things like pine64 and root and admin and kdeneon but no dice.

Thanks in advance for any assist!

I didn't see a discussion group for the old Pine64, just the Pine64+ so the moderator will probably need to move it.  I just purchased and installed the Pine wifi card for my board.  It didn't have any instructions or ducumentation included so I assumed the installation would be automatic.  Not so.  The system doesn't appear to recognize the board...at least in the configuration.   I'm not sure if drivers need to be installed or updated, etc.  If been running on ethernet for some time and the systems been running pretty good...although slow but wireless would be nice. If I run iwconfig I get this:

dan@pine64:~$ sudo iwconfig
[sudo] password for dan: 
eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

wlan0     unassociated  Nickname:"<WIFI@REALTEK>"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

enxc8d719d80388  no wireless extensions.

so it appears the system sees is but that's about it  Anybody know what's happening?

Since the Web site and forum have been updated, I cannot get it to work with Tapatalk.  It was working fine before the update.

All I get is the forum sections, but no messages/threads in the sections.

Anyone else having issues?

I've just set up my server but I'm not happy with the write speeds.
When I send a 2GB file from my computer to the NAS I'm only getting around 50mb/s write speeds.
I know the board is capable of a much better performance than this - probably double.
That said, I'm wondering if anyone uses any specific speed tweaks with their build?

Any help will be much appreciated.

Added LibreELEC(KODI) - 20190324 to Wiki and PINE64 Installer.

Added LibreELEC(KODI) - 20190324 to Wiki and PINE64 Installer.

Added NEMS Linux  1.5 - Build1 on Wiki and PINE64 Installer.

Hi, i want to build a nas with OMV, my idea is to run a docker image of plex or emby. 
Does the board support any kind of transcoding? I just want to use it on a Chromecast, 1 user only.

If this board is is not suitable, does any SBC capable of transcoding?

Thanks

I'm about to start a hobby project that involves writing a custom user space NVMe driver, and it _seems_ like the ROCKPRO64 with the optional PCIe to m.2 interface card and a suitable m.2 NVMe SSD would be a great experimentation platform. BUT, I was wondering if there are any traps I should be aware of that would make we want to consider a different device? (I presume the Pine64 adapter card is more likely to work well than a third party adapter card?) 

To be extra clear: it's suitability for experimentation that concerns me most: a computer that I can mess up to an arbitrary degree while my main Linux box remains stable to use for other things ;-). I may eventually play with kernel mode drivers too -- be afraid; be *very* afraid!

Any thoughts about suitability? (Thanks in advance!)

Hi all,

As many of you probably saw by now, we've got a new website. One of the reasons for the change of the website is to provide exposure to ongoing PINE64-related projects (be it partner-projects or one-off personal projects utilizing PINE64 gear) and have the page be something more than a store-front.

To this end I'd like to encourage anyone who wants to write something - or to change anything on the website for the matter - to get involved. You can write a post about your project, showcase what you're building or write your experience with whatever PINE64 hardware you're using - anything goes.

If you're interested, let me know on here or find me online in one of the chats.