Which linux is under the most development and/or is the most stable

I have found a bluetooth device that I would like to try and develop an app for.

This would be a new adventure for me. 

There is already a phone app for the device but it does not meet my needs.

Other than having the data from the manufacturer, how would you go about developing an app that will communicate to the device?

Is there an app that would monitor the data traffic between the devices?

I have emailed the device manufacturer in hopes they will share the information, so an app can be developed for their device.

Device in question:
http://www.wirelessmultimeter.com/default.asp

For those eager Pine 64 enthusiasts, here's my experience.

Order placed 11/6/2016.
Email confirmation saying order shipped 11/11/1026.
No updates on the tracking online. The latest tracking notice was that China EMS was going to ship (nothing about actually shipping the package).
Today, 12/2/2016, I received Pine 64 in the mail.

Then checking the tracking information again just now, it seems to have updated (just today, cus i checked yesterday and it was't the same):

LT389966223CN
Delivered ( 22 Days )
China(China EMS)[/url]
United States(USPS)[url=https://www.17track.net/en/helpcenter/trackingstatus#01]

Latest Event -- 2016-12-02 17:13 SEATTLE, WA 98119, Delivered, In/At Mailbox, Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 5:13 pm on December 2, 2016 in SEATTLE, WA 98119.

Destination Country - Tracking Consuming: 310 ms
2016-12-02 17:13
SEATTLE, WA 98119, Delivered, In/At Mailbox, Your item was delivered in or at the mailbox at 5:13 pm on December 2, 2016 in SEATTLE, WA 98119.

2016-12-02 08:16
SEATTLE, WA 98119, Out for Delivery

2016-12-02 08:06
SEATTLE, WA 98119, Sorting Complete

2016-12-02 07:48
SEATTLE, WA 98119, Arrived at Unit

2016-12-01 20:51
FEDERAL WAY, WA 98003, Arrived at USPS Destination Facility

2016-11-12 02:59
Origin Post is Preparing Shipment

2016-11-12 02:59
CHINA, SHENZHEN EMS, Processed Through Facility

2016-11-11 15:52
CHINA, Acceptance
Origin Country - Tracking Consuming: 1793 ms
2016-12-02 17:13
美国, 妥投，ROBERT xxxxx

2016-12-02 07:48
美国, 到达投递局

2016-11-11 15:52
深圳市, 深圳市车公庙中心营业部已收件（揽投员姓名：郑洁华,联系电话:15012685589）


That was my experience.  Hope this information helps.

i used pine64 few month ago... but there are no mali driver for linux. it just for android based os..
is the driver exist now?
thanks before

Finally got around to trying to put together the parts I bought through the Kickstarter campaign. I'm missing the long touch screen ribbon cable that's supposed to come with the Playbox, so I decided to call it a night and closed up the box... with the screen installed. It didn't occur to me until that instant that there are no slots in the Playbox to push a tool to disengage the tabs that hold the it together. Does anyone know an easy trick to re-open the Playbox without just prying it apart?

Good afternoon all,

I was one of the Kickstarter backers (#12,678) and I received everything except for the ABS Enclosure. I've emailed shipping a few times but they haven't responded in the last 3-4 weeks at all. I did create a support ticket but that is now a day overdue with no response. 

Is there a better way to find out what is going on with this part? It is the last piece and I'd really like to get this all assembled.

Thanks for your suggestions!

chris

Hello,

   there is a solution to make docker 1.12 running on pine64 ? With Debian or with other Linux distribution ?

For now I installed Debian Jessie pine64-image-debianbase-310102bsp image but the version of docker is 1.6.

Thanks for you're advices.

Regards

I tried searching, but couldn't find anything about how to update the Android version on the device. I assume we're not supposed to reflash the card and lose all the data on it and start fresh? What's the procedure?

I'm especially interested in the 7.0 versions.

Well - I tried to run Apache guacamole Java applet / servlet on an NTC CHIP - gave up...

Tried it on Armbian on BananaPI - it was better - but still a bit sluggish at times.

I'm now running it on one of my Pine boards (PineA64+ 2GB) running "latest" Armbian Jessie Legacy...

It's really snappy!   I've got port forwarding from the interwebs - and I can use guacamole to get an SSH session for all the nodes I've configured using it's XML configuration file...  It will even do RDP and VNC, I've tested RDP (using XRDP) to one of my nodes - it's not really practicable over the interwebs - but nice and quick on the same LAN....

And - 2 GB board seems wasted (not even gone above 1 GB usage) - which suggests to me - those 4 cores make all the difference - and perhaps 64 bit?

I did try to run it on an RPi 3b - running Raspbian - but too many dependancies during the install so gave up.

It was really simple to get going - and I think I'll leave that PineA64+ 2GB board doing just that...   Just about given up using either of my boards for a desktop workload - mainly because of the lousy software support from the board vendor...   Got an OPi+ 2E and running Armbian with XFCE makes a much better desktop than Pine - just a shame the OPi+ doesn't have battery support (however battery support on Pine has be less than spectacular for me anyway).

Also - can report - iperf3 is reporting me getting close to 1000 mbit under Armbian!

Thanks to Igor and TKaiser for an AWESOME Linux platform to run on Arm SBCs!

Hi

I've spent a considerable amount of (wasted) time already trying to get a gui up and running on my 2GB Pine.

This thread seems to just deteriorate from it working to 'well I guess it doesn't work anymore'.  Isn't there a working Ubuntu GUI image available for download?

thanks,