I am a bit confused about the support issues in this thread. My original Pinebook 14" shipped in 2017 and everything still works just fine. The Xenial LTS that came with it is still supported for about another year (April 2021), and with software updates it still comes up to the latest version of Firefox 64-bit. This is a testament to efforts of the community members who developed it (thank you!) and I am still otherwise happy myself. The original Pinebook has fulfilled my every expectation.
As to the future, even if production of the 14" Pinebook returns, it would presumably be based on the 11.6" configuration and have different guts. So other than an upgrade kit, if I want to keep the original form running I've received suggestions in the Manjaro forums about either using Armbian or trying to tweak the parameters of the existing Manjaro ARM since the deltas are conceptually small (the Manjaro team doesn't possess a 14" Pinebook).
Maybe we need a top-level thread in this section of the forums devoted to the original Pinebook 14" since it seems like "Pinebook" is now a synonym for the 11.6" model and as we've seen in this thread others will also be looking for a path forward for these classic machines?
Thanks & regards,
rcs
As to the future, even if production of the 14" Pinebook returns, it would presumably be based on the 11.6" configuration and have different guts. So other than an upgrade kit, if I want to keep the original form running I've received suggestions in the Manjaro forums about either using Armbian or trying to tweak the parameters of the existing Manjaro ARM since the deltas are conceptually small (the Manjaro team doesn't possess a 14" Pinebook).
Maybe we need a top-level thread in this section of the forums devoted to the original Pinebook 14" since it seems like "Pinebook" is now a synonym for the 11.6" model and as we've seen in this thread others will also be looking for a path forward for these classic machines?
Thanks & regards,
rcs
