Has the PineSound died? It was said to be an April Fool's joke in 2022, and then said not to be. The dithering seemed in poor taste, and now it looks like it was part of the joke?
Looking forward to hear more, as I was excited to contribute in that space.
1. What haplend with the plans for a buetooth-audio development board?
2. What has become of the DevZone?
3. Wouldn't it be promising to put some resources in development, community organisation and up to date documentation even if you would need to increase product prices by 10%?
4. Do you share the the observation that the number of half-baked/unusable products has become quite high? What do you do/plan aigainst this?
I would like to know what happened to Manjaro as the standard distribution for the PP ? Is there still development going on ? Bugtrackers don't show any new entrys for some time and Plasma got kind of dropped ?
neeer RK35xx -based iterations of PinePhone (Pro) and PineBook Pro? I am very happy with my PBP, but it starts to show kts age. I would be happy to upgrade in some not too distant future
Is Manjato still the default operating system the PinePhone ships with? If so, why? I think the default should be a more stable image that is still very active like PostmarketOS.
suggestion for the future: please mention the date of the Q&A in these posts so I don't have to go looking... (22nd March, 7pm CET). Will you only answer on video, or will you also leave text replies somewhere? (A blog post with text replies will help very much!)
Broken Pine64 electronics with still useful components: what to do?
e.g. my PinePhone Pro's mainboard broke after a fall. Given the error message over serial debug, one of the RAM chip isn't initialising anymore. I can't do component repair my self, but it would be a shame to throw it in the trash as it certainly has a still working RK3399, probably a still working modem, perhaps a still working eMMC, etc.
Is there a way to send back to Pine64 for salvaging?
I was (and still am) super excited to see a new update. As many cool new things are in there, what I was really hoping for was info on the phones development.
I loved how the early phone models you donated 10% to the various communities (which also gave you a lot of publicity).
Is there any chance of putting that same 10% in an ongoing basis towards supporting the most critical development (eg camera stuff, power management, or whatever the community is most in need of)?
While I'm mainly asking about the phones, really just about *all* your products (especially the more consumer oriented ones) would benefit from this.
How will you be co-operating with the @homeassistant community to ensure tight integration with the #PineVox?
There's a big potential userbase there, but they're likely to work on the integration in home assistant more than the OS and hardware enablement of the actual device.
If they have to wait for drivers to be developed and mainlined before it can be used with HomeAssistant, you could lose most of your momentum with this.
I would like to ask about the possibility of a Pinenote second batch, right now the only way to get a unit is through eBay listings and I firmly believe that this fact is delaying the development of the software for this branch of products. By the way: thank you very much Maximilian for all your effort in bringing Debian to the table.
Are there plans to release an updated PineCube or other open-source surveillance camera? This is a sorely underserved segment of the market, which is dominated by closed, cloud-based tech. It'd be awesome to see (and help fund) a quality open-source competitor. Maybe a PTZ-capable upgrade model? Eh? Eh?
bujiraso
in reply to PINE64 • • •hello, got a Q
Has the PineSound died? It was said to be an April Fool's joke in 2022, and then said not to be. The dithering seemed in poor taste, and now it looks like it was part of the joke?
Looking forward to hear more, as I was excited to contribute in that space.
Homo Particeps
in reply to PINE64 • • •Thanks for that opportunity!
1. What haplend with the plans for a buetooth-audio development board?
2. What has become of the DevZone?
3. Wouldn't it be promising to put some resources in development, community organisation and up to date documentation even if you would need to increase product prices by 10%?
4. Do you share the the observation that the number of half-baked/unusable products has become quite high? What do you do/plan aigainst this?
nowherefast
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in reply to PINE64 • • •j4n3z
in reply to PINE64 • • •deedend :emacs: :firefox:
in reply to PINE64 • • •@lupyuen
Oliv'
in reply to PINE64 • • •DrYak
in reply to PINE64 • • •I am very happy with my PBP, but it starts to show kts age. I would be happy to upgrade in some not too distant future
Patrik 🇪🇺
in reply to PINE64 • • •When and where can I get my hands on a bone conducting headphone—let's call it PineShock(z/s) for now—for tinkering?
And what would be an estimate on the community price?
DrYak
in reply to PINE64 • • •Another question:
SailfishOS as a preinstall on Pine's phones and tablets when?
in my experience, SFOS has been good enough to daily drive PPP.
Chronoshift
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in reply to PINE64 • • •Chronoshift
in reply to PINE64 • • •amit
in reply to PINE64 • • •DrYak
in reply to PINE64 • • •3rd question:
Broken Pine64 electronics with still useful components: what to do?
e.g. my PinePhone Pro's mainboard broke after a fall. Given the error message over serial debug, one of the RAM chip isn't initialising anymore.
I can't do component repair my self, but it would be a shame to throw it in the trash as it certainly has a still working RK3399, probably a still working modem, perhaps a still working eMMC, etc.
Is there a way to send back to Pine64 for salvaging?
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥷☣️
in reply to PINE64 • • •What's happening in the world of #PinePhone and #PinePhonePro development?
I was (and still am) super excited to see a new update. As many cool new things are in there, what I was really hoping for was info on the phones development.
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥷☣️
in reply to PINE64 • • •I loved how the early phone models you donated 10% to the various communities (which also gave you a lot of publicity).
Is there any chance of putting that same 10% in an ongoing basis towards supporting the most critical development (eg camera stuff, power management, or whatever the community is most in need of)?
While I'm mainly asking about the phones, really just about *all* your products (especially the more consumer oriented ones) would benefit from this.
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥷☣️
in reply to PINE64 • • •Will you be re-enabling comments on the blog?
One alternative: I've seen a couple of blogs that pull comments from the fedi... (I think LinMob was one?)
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥷☣️
in reply to PINE64 • • •How will you be co-operating with the @homeassistant community to ensure tight integration with the #PineVox?
There's a big potential userbase there, but they're likely to work on the integration in home assistant more than the OS and hardware enablement of the actual device.
If they have to wait for drivers to be developed and mainlined before it can be used with HomeAssistant, you could lose most of your momentum with this.
Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥷☣️
in reply to PINE64 • • •Oh, and as a name suggestion...
Pineduction
Pikaloid
in reply to PINE64 • • •By the way: thank you very much Maximilian for all your effort in bringing Debian to the table.
pak0st
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in reply to PINE64 • • •here is a silly idea - electrical outlet that can safely be controlled through pins with SBCs 😆
The only one I can find is iot-power-relay but the idea looks like a perfect companion for IOT projects
Tom Spettigue
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