Thought I'd give a quick glance of the #Pine64 blog to see what's been going on. Pleasantly surprised to read this:
https://pine64.org/2025/08/16/august_2025/
"We admit that both PineStore and Pine64 have dropped the ball and it has been very difficult to restart and recover after everything that has happened in the past."

Okay, so I guess I still have some hope for them. :moomin_hmm:
I actually welcome the discontinuation of #PinePhonePro, it's better if devs just focus on one affordable platform. And yeah, maybe not launching a bunch of new products when the existing ones still need more testing and/or have known defects would have helped. But I'm not buying anything new from them until I can be sure that their priorities are right. Right now I'm happier just not having any smartphone at all and will probably buy a cheap dumb soldering iron to replace/repair my #Pinecil that no longer works with USB-C.

i still haven't solved the riddle of why audio breaks on the #pine64 pinebook pro when it resumes from suspend running #debian on it. 😑 it's the only thing that isn't working properly.

#linux

does anybody know how to fix the sound on a #pinebook pro when it wakes? it seems like the audio goes fast motion and is all types of broken when waking from suspend.

#linux #pine64 #debian

Old Danctnix mirror expired
For Pine64 devices running danctnix that were set up long enough ago: The old domain name for the repo at p64.arikawa-hi.me expired in 2023, was renewed for 2 years, and has expired again.
archmobile.mirror.danctnix.org is the current domain name that should be in /etc/pacman.conf or a file in /etc/pacman.d/

#Pine64 #PineTab #ArchLinux

Unfortunately, my Pine RockPro 64 is suffering from this:
https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=10609

I did manage to get a small boot on the emmc for now but this problem annoys me. I'd rather have the boot on the SD card so I can easily change things.

Apparently while using the SD it also mucked up my ethernet so badly I could not install anything.

Meanwhile I have two 8Tb drives on it that I will ZFS mirror for a NAS.

#Pine64 #FreeBSD

@detondev
For reading while in bed I use a Pocketbook HD3. On weekends and on vacation I use a #pine64 #PineNote. It runs a full Linux with GNOME desktop. I love it. It's not for everyone but it fits our mastodon instance 😁

Got my hands on a #rock64 by #Pine64 - it's been fun playing around with an #sbc for the first time. #armbian works great, but I can't get #FreeBSD to output anything through hdmi, even though ssh and vnc works as expected.

Waiting for my uart adapter to arrive, I'll see if there is anything relevant coming up during boot. Worst case scenario, I still can use it as a server with ssh, but I'm still set on finding a cheap device for an #ARM desktop bsd setup.

Je viens de découvrir #pinetimesmartwatch et plus généralement #pine64. Des avis ?

Juste discovered #pinetimesmartwatch ... Any comments on the product? Is it really data safe?

Howto: Open Your Pinetab Linux Tablet (Safely)

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/h5FTqBA11Rf6aKSJxAYFq3

Phone WiFi On? = Identifies GPS/Home Address; Py Mactrack Monitor Logging & Location Identification

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/hsPqBVdrHvHQ6UBDycc89G

Pinetab Mod: Threaded Antenna Port For Internal SDR + LoRa Msg Testing

https://tube.tchncs.de/w/n6hKiUZk78QvVg3mEfWXB1

PinePhone Ubuntu Touch

https://tilvids.com/w/8ezUGgz2YA2arJy9iXJKUD

@pine64 Original post about the #MediaWiki wiki: https://social.treehouse.systems/@pine64/115404491151619625 #Pine64

Hey everyone. We've been discussing what to do with the mediawiki website for a while as it has not been actively maintained for over two years now. We have been using the new documentation page hosted directly on the website for a year now in place of the wiki (thanks to community member Funeral).

This change has come with some consequences though, as part of the community enjoys the wiki more than the new documentation page. This poll is to determine which route the majority of the community will be happy with. Below is some information about both to help make a decision.

Mediawiki:
Mediawiki is preferred by some because they can write the syntax it uses every day as mediawiki is used by Wikipedia. There is long term support for the software from the maintainers and it is specially built for this specific use case. It's easy to edit pages quickly.

As of right now the wiki is set to read only (except for the founder of PineStore) because if it is opened bots will ruin the wiki. This is likely due to the severely outdated mediawiki version. The founder is only familiar with mediawiki. The person who maintained the website is no longer active.

The way forward would be to update the mediawiki instance and to implement the anubis bot blocker. This would require a deal of time.

Documentation:
The documentation site is currently working without issue and contains the up to date documentation. It is embedded into the website so it doesn't require another web site. Users edit the wiki by using the GitHub web interface to quickly edit pages or download the website source for bigger edits to the wiki (including new pages). This can be seen as a benefit as it allows people to edit it offline and push changes when they come back online. It also prevents botting as you must submit a pull request when one wishes to edit the wiki.

Though there is a rising concern about the website being hosted on GitHub. Many people are currently moving away from the platform and/or do not wish to have an account on the site. This has prevented some from contributing to the documentation.

The way forward here is to either migrate to a different git hosting provider, mirror to a different git hosting platform or host our own. This would require a lot less effort to achieve.

#pine64

Pine64's 10th birthday and quick update

Happy 10th birthday to Pine64 and its community! We got notified yesterday that it was 10 years since the company was founded.

We would've made something beforehand if we knew about it. We'll make a special 10th anniversary blog post and artwork soon!

As for what's happening currently:
* The PineVoice isn't dead, the software for it is still in development. There is currently no eta, so when the software is ready the hardware will release soon after. We will notify the community when this happens.
* A new product is currently in the works (and that's all we can really say at the moment, but we're really excited to share info about it soon).
* We have applied for a stand at FOSDEM for 2026.
* The PineTab2 Bluetooth driver is available to test using the latest kernel on the danctnix-testing repository.

And of course, happy spooky month!

#pine64 #pinetab2 #pinevoice

Are there EU distributors selling the #pine64 star64?

🌿 [ES] Documentación sobre la instalación de PiRogue @pts en una PINE Rock64 @pine64

🌍 https://cacu.tech/pirogue/forensic/rock64/debian/2025/07/21/pirogue-en-rock64.html

🌿 [EN] Documentation on the installation of PiRogue on a PINE Rock6

🌍 https://cacu.tech/pirogue/forensic/rock64/debian/2025/07/22/pirogue-in-rock64_EN.html

#forensics #debian12 #pine64 #freesoftware #digitalsecurity

Oh I now remember why I never ended up using the #Pine64 phone.
It runs hotter than the sun even without doing anything and without having anything but the default installed.

And it is sluggish and slow as shit (probably because of the thermal issue).

#PostmarketOS

Note to self, never put a device away without writing the password or passcode onto it. Especially when there is no data on it and not having it just makes reflashing it more annoying
#postmarketos #pine64