This looks like the perfect hackable netbook with very little surface area for attacks but sadly it has an Allwiner SoC (A64) which violates the GPL and contains many binary blobs. I have been burnt with them, MediaTek and AMLogic in the past. Never again.
Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
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Re: Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
#12What could you feasibly use this for? The 1.2GHz CPU seems like it would put a bit of a damper on almost anything besides answering email and basic word processing.
My phone is slightly faster, but only 1GB RAM. For linux tasks, it is overkill - many unix utilities were designed in the 70's with many magnitudes less power available.
Command-line java development (ecj, dx, git, etc) is practically instant. (If you need an activity-center IDE, you're gonna have a bad time.)
The only problems I've encountered are super javascript-heavy retail pages (Why do they do that? They can only restrict their audience. Interactivity needn't be heavy. Are they just using frameworks upon frameworks upon frameworks?)
And unfortunately, some Khan Academy graphical exercise. Strangely, "kalite" (offline version) works instantly, probably because it uses an older presentation - I bet it's "modern" frameworks again (though maybe because offline?).
Re: Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
#13What could you feasibly use this for? The 1.2GHz CPU seems like it would put a bit of a damper on almost anything besides answering email and basic word processing.
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#14As it is very cheap one can't expect a lot of support but "Warranty: 30 days" is pretty short, 90 is a little more reasonable.
Re: Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
#15I wish the Motorola Atrix concept of plugging your phone into a laptop-shell and using the phone's CPU, memory, storage, etc. had taken off. My iPhone is already much more powerful than this ARM laptop, but I obviously can't use it like a laptop.
I’m convinced Apple is working towards something like this.
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#16What could you feasibly use this for? The 1.2GHz CPU seems like it would put a bit of a damper on almost anything besides answering email and basic word processing.
If you happen to hand code ARM assembly, it is extremely convenient for working on the go.
Re: Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
#17This looks like the perfect hackable netbook with very little surface area for attacks but sadly it has an Allwiner SoC (A64) which violates the GPL and contains many binary blobs. I have been burnt with them, MediaTek and AMLogic in the past. Never again. http://linux-sunxi.org/A64#Allwinner
Seems a bit big for a netbook which is a shame, there don't seem to be too many companies catering for the 10" form factor anymore.
Re: Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
#18I wish the Motorola Atrix concept of plugging your phone into a laptop-shell and using the phone's CPU, memory, storage, etc. had taken off. My iPhone is already much more powerful than this ARM laptop, but I obviously can't use it like a laptop.
I’m convinced Apple is working towards something like this.
Why would they turn your phone into a laptop when they can sell you a Macbook?
Re: Pinebook: An Affordable 64-bit ARM based Open Source Notebook
#19What could you feasibly use this for? The 1.2GHz CPU seems like it would put a bit of a damper on almost anything besides answering email and basic word processing.
Most people I know who aren't video gamers use their home computer for almost solely web browsing. My phone browses the web fine on that amount so it should be enough for most people.