Pinebook Pro Initial Impressions

[neilman]

I got my PBP, logged in, connected to my gateway, updated the Debian + Mate system. Firefox crashes when I do anything with it. Chrome either crashes or loads so slowly as to be useless. This is very disappointing. I've used linux on many laptops designed for Windows and Linux alway works more or less well. Why am I havoing this probelm? Is anyone else seeing this?

I also updated "WiDevine" whatever that is. Something to do with Netflix and Amazon. What is this for? No explanation.

I paired my bluetooth mouse but lose the connection if I suspend it and have to delete the mouse from the list of bluetooth devices and reconnect it. I've had this problem with other laptops and distributions but thought I would have better bluetooth support in a linux laptop.

Before I install bionic mate, is there something here I'm overlooking?

Been there got the tee shirt - you need to follow the updates to stabilize firefox & chrome - then it works really well.

Bluetooth, exactly same for me until a lightbulb moment - check the pairing screen and look in the icon bar for the (yellow) squidgy plus shape in the middle - it changes the paired device from "one-time-use" to a "trusted device" which then means it will auto-connect next time.
After that your mouse will connect a few seconds after startup/login

I updated both with synaptic. Same problem. Thanks for the bluetooth solution. Guess I'll try the ubuntu mate distribution.

Bear in mind there is another (more important?) update mechanism using Mr Fixit's Update Script icon (next to the battery icon).
If you haven't already tried that one, please do.

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I got my PBP, logged in, connected to my gateway, updated the Debian + Mate system. Firefox crashes when I do anything with it. Chrome either crashes or loads so slowly as to be useless. This is very disappointing. I've used linux on many laptops designed for Windows and Linux alway works more or less well. Why am I havoing this probelm? Is anyone else seeing this?

I also updated "WiDevine" whatever that is. Something to do with Netflix and Amazon. What is this for? No explanation.

I paired my bluetooth mouse but lose the connection if I suspend it and have to delete the mouse from the list of bluetooth devices and reconnect it. I've had this problem with other laptops and distributions but thought I would have better bluetooth support in a linux laptop.

Before I install bionic mate, is there something here I'm overlooking?

Been there got the tee shirt - you need to follow the updates to stabilize firefox & chrome - then it works really well.

Bluetooth, exactly same for me until a lightbulb moment - check the pairing screen and look in the icon bar for the (yellow) squidgy plus shape in the middle - it changes the paired device from "one-time-use" to a "trusted device" which then means it will auto-connect next time.
After that your mouse will connect a few seconds after startup/login

I updated both with synaptic. Same problem. Thanks for the bluetooth solution. Guess I'll try the ubuntu mate distribution.

Bear in mind there is another (more important?) update mechanism using Mr Fixit's Update Script icon (next to the battery icon).
If you haven't already tried that one, please do.