Re:Pinebook: My First Few Surprising Hours with a $99 Linux ...
by tonteldoos on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @07:56PM
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Looks awesome, but I put my name on the build-to-order notification list /months/ ago, and am still waiting to be contacted. Does anyone know how regularly they actually ship?
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Re:Pinebook: My First Few Surprising Hours with a $99 Linux ...
by johnklos on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @08:36PM
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I just got mine after being on the list for about a year. It's a wonderful little machine. It's how laptops should be - they should be concerned with less heat and longer battery life, not on how many cores we can run at super speed for six seconds at a time.
I'm slowly compiling all the software for it that I think I might ever need in preparation for making it my primary machine. With NetBSD, the laptop feels nimble and quick.
The keyboard layout takes a while to get used to, like the article says. For those of us who are on the command like 95% of the time, the pipe really takes some time. But aside from the layout, the keyboard feels darned good for an inexpensive laptop.
Within a month I think this will become my main portable.