Idk their prices are doubling from the last model :p from $99 to $200... Almost unreasonable ;)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 4:31 PM Ron Singh, <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I did, but dismissed it 'cause of it's 2G RAM, I want 4G to be somewhat future-proofed, but likely I am over-thinking it. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I want something like this for simply running a thin Linux and a couple of USB2 Raid1 4TB 5200rpm HDDs for data/pics/vid backups(lazy writes emphasized) where speed does not matter for me at all. I also want one for working steppers and some temp/humidity sensors for an upcoming greenhouse care-taking solution.<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-4972895839309212839gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 2:33 PM Stuart Seeley <<a href="mailto:stuart@lowlevel.ca" target="_blank">stuart@lowlevel.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Sorry for two replies... but checked the links you had included...</div><div>Looks like they've tightened up their layout game, and the metal case certainly is attractive.</div><div>Have you looked at that Asus one? Tinker I think it's called...</div><div><br></div><div>Stuart</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 2:01 PM Ron Singh <<a href="mailto:ronsingh149@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronsingh149@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Stuart,</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">What do you mean by "poor design and production quality", do you mean, cruddy solder job, poorly-aligned connectors, poor connectors, crappy silkscreening?</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">See, I want to get one of their Rock64 SBC with their alum case, but now I grow worried.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The SBC is this one:</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=7147" target="_blank">https://www.pine64.org/?page_id=7147</a></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">The case is this one:</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.pine64.org/?product=rock64-premium-aluminum-casing" target="_blank">https://www.pine64.org/?product=rock64-premium-aluminum-casing</a><br> </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="m_-4972895839309212839gmail-m_-6591500521962072521gmail-m_5201618137543552544gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div></div><div>Thanks,<br><br>Ron Singh<br><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 1:44 PM Stuart Seeley <<a href="mailto:stuart@lowlevel.ca" target="_blank">stuart@lowlevel.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I backed their Pine A64 single board computer on kickstarter.<div>While support is certainly limited, the over all poor design and production quality put me off.</div><div>The raspberry pi boards from my point of view are far more mature and better supported.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Stuart</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 11:10 AM Khalid Baheyeldin <<a href="mailto:kb@2bits.com" target="_blank">kb@2bits.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>I ran across this company when I was looking for SBCs that can run Linux</div><div>for my Home Assistant project. I ended up with a Raspberry Pi 3, but was</div><div>impressed with their SBCs.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.pine64.org/" target="_blank">https://www.pine64.org/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The laptop seems to be a natural evolution from there.</div><div><br></div><div>What worries me about these companies is the same thing that plagues</div><div>Orange Pi, Banana Pi, and other more powerful RPi clones: software and</div><div>community. Specifically, they make the operating system work, then do <br></div><div>not put any effort in updating it at all, then it is abandoned after a new <br></div><div>model comes out. Also, the lack of a community hobbles them. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Let us see if the laptop can overcome these problems.<br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 11:01 AM L.D. Paniak <<a href="mailto:ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com" target="_blank">ldpaniak@fourpisolutions.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Looks like there is a reasonable, inexpensive open-source (friendly)<br>
laptop coming down the pipe soon:<br>
<br>
<a href="https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=7093</a><br>
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Not sure how many binary blobs are required to make it go but my BSD<br>
friends think it is OK.<br>
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