The pinetab2 is a bit of a unique device. It is a tablet sized device, however it also comes with a keyboard and trackpad and a full linux install. This places it as something that isn't quite a regular desktop and isn't quite a mobile experience.

Because of its novelty I want to start a discussion on which desktop environment do users prefer so far, between plasma/KDE, plasma mobile, PHOSH*, LXDE, or any others. I would appreciate hearing what DE you used and any comments you may have.


For me the default is always KDE as I have used it since 3.0, although for the pinetab2, it felt somewhat sluggish and not very well adapted to using both tablet and keyboard features. While in theory touchscreen gestures from the screen edges and the automatic keyboard popup is fantastic, depending on what is open the touchscreen gestures don't always work or have a decent delay to them.

Currently trying PHOSH and find it much more responsive, touchscreen gestures are quick and work consistently. However the downsides are the display of all applications is already too big. A desktop install will simply have many more applications than most mobile devices, in practice starting applications using alt-f2 is just more practical.

I have not used an external monitor for the pinetab2, I imagine that would again change the consideration of DE.

* a working trial of phosh may be installed from the default danctnix repositories as simply as

Have dragged the PinePhone out of the cupboard to give it another try.
Have tried to install the Latest version of PostMarket OS to both EMMC and the SSD card.

The install was very easy but upon boot I get
can't create directory '/home/user/local/' :read only file system

then a string similar errors around cannot create files due to read only file system.

Would seem Postmarket Os has installed with a Read only filesystem.

Any ideas how to fix this?

thanks

Just signed up for T-Mobile home internet in US. It is basically a permanent hotspot on their network. Setup other devices (MacBook, iPhone, Motorola) without issues just connecting to new Wifi network with credentials. Tried to do it on my Pinebook Pro running default, udpated, Manjaro OS but it can't get a connection. Switched back to old network and connected right away. Just curious if anyone has had a similar issue, haven't had a chance to go through all the troubleshooting steps yet.

Pinephone screen stopped working. The system starts but the screen is black. When starting the jumpdrive, the screen is bright gray, but after an hour of charging, nothing has changed. The battery voltage is 3.76 volts. I have tried different operating systems and chargers. The last time it worked, I turned it off by holding the power button and put it on the table.

Hello all! 

I have installed the stable version of Mobian on my new PinePhone Pro. (mobian-pinephonepro-phosh-12.0.img.gz)

Now I noticed that the Camera app is very slow. In the Softwares About I found "0.1.0-net.flyingpimonster.Camera". Is it possible that the camera app is not up to date? The project Camera stoped in 219 and called now Snapshot, right?

Have you an Idea to solve the problem? Do you use maybe another app for shooting images?

Cheers - Martin

Hi all,
after a month using my pinetab2 the screen started flickering one day then i got a screen with colored vertical thin lines (image attached), and now it does not start at all.
I did not do any software upgrade during the weeks previous to this happening and i'm running the installation that came with the device.

I tried to plug the UART to the lower usb-c and followed the instructions here:
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTab2#Co...RT_adapter 
To see if i could see something but it looks like the device does not even start, i also tried to reset it (using the press 7 seconds, 3 second wait, 3-4 seconds press) several times but nothing happens, also left it charging overnight without any result.
From the outside i do not see any light or anything else, just the green light on the UART when it's plugged via USB to the computer.

Anyone can give me advice on what to do next? i'm a bit lost now.

Thanks!

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Hi,

  Is that possible? supose I want to use internet on another computer using the USB-C Docking Bar... would I have to do anything on linux?

thanks

The pinetab2 hardware is not very good. I know the price is relatively low (without taxes/custom duty), but it's not even worth that money. This is not hardware for year 2023, I has a weak CPU and the touch of the display is the worst I have seen on a tablet. A basic benchmark puts this table way behind a Xiaomi M2, an entry level phone launched in  2018.
And it's not only in the benchmarks were you feel the slowness, I am sincerely disappointed.

Having no up arrow on my keyboard, how do I repeat the previous command executed in the console?

Hello everyone! I am planning to create a NAS server with RAID5 on my RockPro64. I will probably use Seagate IronWolf for my hdds. But I could not decide on my card yet. I am brand new in this area so I am a little bit confused.

These are the card I am considering but right now:
this
this
this

Any recommendations? I just want to make sure it works before I buy it. I am open the alternatives.
Have a nice day.