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3 1/2 years with PBP ! - Phillip Bell - 10-11-2023
Well, I ordered my trusty PBP back in March 2020, and it's been my trusty every-day driver (for non-work-related) for the last three and a half years. It's been a journey!
I upgraded to a 1 TB EMMC using the M.2/NGFF NVMe SSD Interface Adapter. I updated the old trackpad drivers. Many, many OS updates on Arch (Manjaro)
I keep hearing rumors of a newer PBP coming out some day, but I don't think that's happened (did I miss anything)? I would like an upgrade, preferably in CPU and RAM. What recommendations do you all have?
- Will there be a newer model? (Or did I miss a big upgrade somewhere?)
- Any tried and true ways to speed up the CPU or save the 4GB of RAM?
Feel free to link any threads rather than type a long explanation. Thanks so much to the community for all your support!
(10-11-2023, 07:39 AM)Phillip Bell Wrote: Update to add I have the Pinephone as well, but I don't really use it. It's just not a good everyday phone - maybe the Explorer edition would be an improvement.
RE: 3 1/2 years with PBP ! - Phillip Bell - 10-26-2023
Crickets ...
RE: 3 1/2 years with PBP ! - bosi564 - 10-28-2023
I'm not affiliated, but the closest thing at the moment may be: https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTab2 (which seems to support a keyboard)
Things seem to have slow down a bit with Pine64 judging by the sparse blog posts. But when I visit the european store there are stocked items (unlike in previous months), so maybe they're busy on that front - organizing physical warehouses and shipping.
RE: 3 1/2 years with PBP ! - tkudog - 01-09-2024
(10-11-2023, 07:39 AM)Phillip Bell Wrote: Well, I ordered my trusty PBP back in March 2020, and it's been my trusty every-day driver (for non-work-related) for the last three and a half years.
Me too! I bought at the start of the pandemic to spend my isolation to 'learn linux' on a machine that 'needed work'. As it turned out, my PBP has had few troubles and is still going strong, used almost every day. Great product, would love to support a new version.