Can anyone confirm this? If this is the case, I'm ready to buy one to start messing around with it... I have to assume somehow we'd have to put a more current version of Linux on it since whatever version ships from the factory wouldn't have whatever updates were done to get it working... how would that be done?
I just noticed the big red warning note at https://pine64.com/product/pinenote-developer-edition/ now says "At present time, there is no default OS for the PineNote." I'm pretty sure it used to say "...for example the e-ink display doesn't currently work." That text is gone. So, that leads me to believe we are "off to the races" as you said... I also noticed that product page says "The device ships without an operating system with flashing mode enabled." So, it isn't that whatever OS ship may not allow the screen to work, but apparently no OS is shipped and we have to install our own. So, I guess my previous question becomes...
What OS can we install on this that has a recent enough version to have the e-ink display, and how exactly does one flash an OS onto it?
Ok, I just noticed in the screenshot from the above link that it has Alpine Linux 3.14 which at first surprised me since that was released a while ago and I thought "how could it have a recent update that would support the PineNote e-ink display." But then I noticed the kernel from that screenshot is 5.16.7.0-rc7 which is very recent. I'm still learning linux but I guess you can upgrade the kernel independently of the OS and bring in support for this display. Would love some confirmation from someone more experienced, especially how exactly we'd get Alpine Linux with that latest kernal flashed onto this device.
I just noticed the big red warning note at https://pine64.com/product/pinenote-developer-edition/ now says "At present time, there is no default OS for the PineNote." I'm pretty sure it used to say "...for example the e-ink display doesn't currently work." That text is gone. So, that leads me to believe we are "off to the races" as you said... I also noticed that product page says "The device ships without an operating system with flashing mode enabled." So, it isn't that whatever OS ship may not allow the screen to work, but apparently no OS is shipped and we have to install our own. So, I guess my previous question becomes...
What OS can we install on this that has a recent enough version to have the e-ink display, and how exactly does one flash an OS onto it?
Ok, I just noticed in the screenshot from the above link that it has Alpine Linux 3.14 which at first surprised me since that was released a while ago and I thought "how could it have a recent update that would support the PineNote e-ink display." But then I noticed the kernel from that screenshot is 5.16.7.0-rc7 which is very recent. I'm still learning linux but I guess you can upgrade the kernel independently of the OS and bring in support for this display. Would love some confirmation from someone more experienced, especially how exactly we'd get Alpine Linux with that latest kernal flashed onto this device.