03-21-2021, 03:59 AM
I have now had my Pinebook Pro for one year.
The Pinebook Pro is an amazing project and I'm pleased to have taken part.
I continue to be amazed at the pace of development of the Manjaro OS.
But an experiment it remains and it is certainly not what it continues to be touted to be on the Pine64 website: it is certainly NOT A SOLID LINUX DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCE.
About six months into my experience, one of the rubber feet sheared off. SAV said I had to buy a new bottom case, which I did.
Taking the original bottom case off I realised that most, if not all of the screws were loose and furthermore that the original bottom case was too big for the plastic chassis, which meant that to fit it, it had to be buckled. Perhaps this stress had been why the screws had worked loose.
In any case, the screws were still in perfect condition, so I used them to fit the new bottom case. Seeking advice on the forum, I bought some Loctite thread locker in the hope that this time the case would stay together.
Unfortunately, five out of the ten screws have now sheared: the short screws at the front and on the sides.
All I wanted was a backup machine to my AIO Dell.
The linux world oversold this machine but the reviewers were in part relaying the message put out by Pine64 of "a solid day to day linux experience".
It's time to move on.
In the meantime I imagine that Pine64 have come to realise that they need to have the internal skills and know-how to oversee their Chinese subcontractors.
The Pinebook Pro is an amazing project and I'm pleased to have taken part.
I continue to be amazed at the pace of development of the Manjaro OS.
But an experiment it remains and it is certainly not what it continues to be touted to be on the Pine64 website: it is certainly NOT A SOLID LINUX DAY TO DAY EXPERIENCE.
About six months into my experience, one of the rubber feet sheared off. SAV said I had to buy a new bottom case, which I did.
Taking the original bottom case off I realised that most, if not all of the screws were loose and furthermore that the original bottom case was too big for the plastic chassis, which meant that to fit it, it had to be buckled. Perhaps this stress had been why the screws had worked loose.
In any case, the screws were still in perfect condition, so I used them to fit the new bottom case. Seeking advice on the forum, I bought some Loctite thread locker in the hope that this time the case would stay together.
Unfortunately, five out of the ten screws have now sheared: the short screws at the front and on the sides.
All I wanted was a backup machine to my AIO Dell.
The linux world oversold this machine but the reviewers were in part relaying the message put out by Pine64 of "a solid day to day linux experience".
It's time to move on.
In the meantime I imagine that Pine64 have come to realise that they need to have the internal skills and know-how to oversee their Chinese subcontractors.
