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Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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Re: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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stock vim or do you use plugins?

I use a few plugins to make web development a better experience. Nothing particularly exceptional. Syntax highlighting, nerdtree, ctr-p, linter, prettier, bracket highlighter, etc.

I would suggest to try with / without plugins, it can make a big difference on ARM.

If it feels alright when you don't have any plugin, then try to see which is / are causing the slow downs.

Vim shouldn't be slow without any plugin.

Re: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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> but apparently Debian copies all the code into its own repositories and doesn't make clear how to update it. Debian always keeps the maintainer's patches separate from the "clean" upstream code. I'm not saying that it can't sometimes be hard to do major updates but please don't blame the Debian folks for that, it's not cool.

I'm sure Debian has reasons for doing it that way but the undeniable consequence is that they made a decision that resulted in more complicated package updates. I'm used to Arch Linux where, for the most part, you can just download a PKGBUILD, increment the version number and you're done. Have a look at Arch [0] vs. Debian [1]. Arch's package specification just tells the build tools where to get the code and how to b…

I've generally found Arch to be an excellent distribution for development. It's years since I used Debian but by comparison it used to be a world of pain. Arch runs well on ARM devices; why not try that on the Samsung?

Re: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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> but apparently Debian copies all the code into its own repositories and doesn't make clear how to update it. Debian always keeps the maintainer's patches separate from the "clean" upstream code. I'm not saying that it can't sometimes be hard to do major updates but please don't blame the Debian folks for that, it's not cool.

I'm sure Debian has reasons for doing it that way but the undeniable consequence is that they made a decision that resulted in more complicated package updates. I'm used to Arch Linux where, for the most part, you can just download a PKGBUILD, increment the version number and you're done. Have a look at Arch [0] vs. Debian [1]. Arch's package specification just tells the build tools where to get the code and how to b…

You get merge conflicts because you're relying on debian patches. You can just download a clean package from upstream, compile it and create a binary .deb for local use via Debian's packaging tools.

Re: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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post #140

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I'm sure Debian has reasons for doing it that way but the undeniable consequence is that they made a decision that resulted in more complicated package updates. I'm used to Arch Linux where, for the most part, you can just download a PKGBUILD, increment the version number and you're done. Have a look at Arch [0] vs. Debian [1]. Arch's package specification just tells the build tools where to get the code and how to b…

You get merge conflicts because you're relying on debian patches. You can just download a clean package from upstream, compile it and create a binary .deb for local use via Debian's packaging tools.

I cloned the Debian Git repository. I'm not relying on Debian patches, which as you've already stated are stored separately (unless they're stored separately and applied to the source code they accompany).

Re: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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It's an 10,000 mAh battery, though. That's huge, isn't it? I don't know any other laptop that has a battery that big. Looking online, Macbooks seem to have around 6,000 mAh.

Amps is a bad measure because it only measures size and not voltage. What you really want is Watt/Hours, this is a 38Wh Battery, in context, a 13 inch Chromebook Pixel (a pro linux laptop, sort of) was ~70Wh, a Macbook Pro 16 is 99Wh.

nit: It's Watt * Hours, not Watt/Hours.

Re: Trying out the Pinebook Pro – a $200 ARM Laptop

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I wish the author expanded on what "annoying" meant. Is it not responsive, too big, too small, jerky, etc?

Annoying as in all touchpads are annoying for me. I can't train myself not to bump it constantly. There were no hardware/functionality issues with it.

Have you ever tried a macbook? I am never annoyed by the trackpad. In fact, it is something I really like about all the macbooks I have had.
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