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Bytes is a new series os posts that are starting today.
sometimes I notice or think funny things, so I decided
to publish them. Here it is for today:
I was watching Monk and there is one scene that
a boy coughts near Monk. The funny part is that
this boy only shows up in that scene, so I
wanted to watch the episode's credits just to
see that.
This is the scene the coughing boy shines on
his participation:
It is usable 97% of the time, this 3% is related to a
weird bug with the keyboard, the touchpad and screen
sharing, video calls; but I'll explain. My current
setup is Arch linux with DWM.
Here are some points:
body
the pinebook pro laptop is lightweight, sleek, compact and pretty; it has
a premium feel given by the magnesium shell and a gorgeous display. microSD
slot is also very good to find.
battery
it has a decent battery, frequently i can use it all day long without
a recharge. i'd only remove the barrel port, as the USBC port can be
used for charging, so no real need for it.
touchpad
the touchpad feels a little weird sometimes, it is a little fuzzy and
i have difficulties using the right click, i don't get it every time.
the website says it's a large one, but i don't think so. i'd have it a
little larger and make the click feel the same place everywhere, it clicks
only on the bottom.
keyboard
very good one, not the best, the only thing that bothers me is that sometimes
i get a doubled key, may be a firmware thing.
camera
people could see me clearly, sometimes it gets really dark i don't know why,
may be some misconfiguration on me. the real issue is processing power, when
i turn it on the laptop becomes unusable, totally lagged.
CPU/GPU
i think this is the only thing that bothers me everyday, it is slow and there
is no hardware acceleration for the graphics driver at this time of writting.
i use very light software and it sometimes lags. but software support for most
applications is fine, only missing OSS.
misc.
this is very personal: the only design detail that is not what i like is
the display being a little bigger than the bottom part, so when it is closed
the lid is not aligned, but that's really a manner of taste. the pine website
doesn't deliver to brazil and that's a huge bummer, specially because they do
not answer any email or support ticket, horrible customer service.
in sum it is a great linux laptop specially if you consider that it is only 219.99$, i hope Pine64
continue to improve it, they are doing a great job for the linux/BSD ARM community.
please if you know how to solve any issue i found please reply this post. thanks!
