I was thinking of buying a new-to-me #Thinkpad next month, but I think what I'll do instead is try to spruce up my #PinebookPro:

• Get new rubber feet
• Get a bigger SSD
• Install #pmOS and finally have #FDE on the thing
• Put some proper locktite on the screws so it's not falling apart all the time

I need to look up some videos on applying threadlocker to screws. It's much looser stuff than the typical locktite and it tends to make a mess.

I'm debating just dribbling locktite (regular CA) on top of the screws as well to try to make them a little more permanent. Not a great solution, but the thing just loves to fall apart.

It's always best to try to #reuse! <3

Thinking of trying #postmarketOS on my #PinebookPro.

I didn't even know you could run it as a desktop OS.

Supposedly the installer supports #FullDiskEncryption, which is... "poggers," I think the kids say.

Just dug out my old #PinebookPro. It's so far out of date it'll probably be faster to just backup the files and start it from scratch. It still has an old install of #Mycroft on it.

Remember Acorn Computers, the creators of the first ARM chip and BBC Micro? Take a trip down memory lane or catch up at the RISC OS North show, which kicks off tomorrow, March 29th, in Warrington, UK.

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Enfin on a beau manquer de machines #ARM puissantes et abordables pour #Linux, je travaille depuis hier sur mon #PinebookPro (mon PC perso principal est indisponible), et le Pinebook Pro a beau être peu puissant et donc lent, ça reste quand même un portable d'usage général complètement utilisable.

D'ailleurs j'écris ça dessus...

#Manjaro KDE avec un thunderbird, un navigateur Vivaldi, un Signal desktop (toutes choses gourmandes) plus une pétachiée de terminaux, explorateur de fichiers etc ouverts en même temps, ça va, ça roule Raoul.

Y'a juste des moment où c'est un peu mou.

That was my last version of #manjaroarm on the #pinebookpro .
No updates for about one year, switched to unstable branch, updated 925 packages and after reboot the Wifi didn't work any more.
The error message says: "No password specified" although the password is given.
I will try #voidlinux instead, so I do no longer care about #manjaroarm .
It was a mistake buying the #pinebookpro .

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Void Linux supports #PinebookPro

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Void-20250202-comes-with-Apple-Silicon-Lenovo-Thinkpad-X13s-and-Pinebook-Pro-support.955952.0.html

With April drawing near, I will have to rid myself of Ubuntu Focal on my #PinebookPro. Hence this question: which #Ubuntu flavour/port/whatever will run reliably on the PBP when booting from the internal eMMC?

(This broke in the combination of Armbian with Jammy. I haven't tested Noble yet; maybe someone else has.)

Boosts appreciated.

It is time to reinstall my #pinebookpro

What distro should I use? I currently use debian with an older kernel, but it would be nice to be more up to date.

I mostly use the terminal on it, so no fancy GUI needed (not fancy, but basic atleast)

Ideas?

OK.
As my #PineBookPro with #Manjaro quite often loses its #NetworkDevice, #Bluetooth or just the #KDE Plasma I now run #fsck on my now broken 4.5 TB external #USB drive on #TTY 3.

I hate & love my own stupidity. I learn so much in so short time.
+hehehe+