Pinebook Pro Initial Impressions

[rossk]

I got my PBP yesterday, and spent a little time futzing with it:

I like it a lot! Wifi works fine, and I've enjoyed experimenting with a couple OS images that are available. I've noticed a few quirks, but nothing that makes me question the purchase:

- the trackpad is still a little weird, even after the firmware update. Other people have noted this.
- The texture on the trackpad seems... odd, but I actually like it better than the rubbery coating on my old XPS13. I'm most used to the smooth trackpads on Apple products.
- When the screen is on-but-black (for example, when booting Manjaro, where the screen is black except for their logo), there are areas near the bottom of the screen that are noticeably less-black, like there is some extra light leaking through. I can take a picture if that's useful.

Software: I played around with @danielt's debian installer, and tried out Manjaro. Both seemed fine, but neither can be my primary OS until suspend-when-I-close-the-lid works . I hope to see Fedora soon, and maybe even Fedora Silverblue!