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Is Pine64 dead? (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 months ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I haven't heard anything in months. Maybe there is legal trouble?

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[-] exu@feditown.com 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Certainly feels like it and I personally wouldn't buy anything from them at the moment.

Edit: would -> wouldn't

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I have ordered stuff from them before and they delivered every time. I don't think they would sell something they don't plan to ship. If you look at the inventory it is a little parse.

Also I believe they contract an outside company to manage the warehouse and to fulfill orders

[-] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 months ago

Bought a Pinecil a few weeks ago. No problems.

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I personally would buy anything from them at the moment.

You would?

[-] exu@feditown.com 8 points 2 months ago

I wouldn't; perfectly placed mistake?

[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Do you mean misplaced take?
Sorry couldn't help myself. 😋

[-] exu@feditown.com 3 points 2 months ago

I meant what I wrote, but couldn't think of a better way to word it 😅

[-] nxn@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

I made an order on their site just last week without any issues. Granted, I haven't received it just yet since it's an international shipment, but according to tracking info it's in transit.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago

minor spelling mistake

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

I have ordered stuff from them before and they delivered every time. I don't think they would sell something they don't plan to ship. If you look at the inventory it is a little parse.

[-] exu@feditown.com 3 points 2 months ago

I don't have concerns about shipping, more about the community building and support aspect of their products.

If you're happy with a product's current state then fine, but if not you're pretty much on your own.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

There products pretty much run regular Linux so it they don't need a lot of extra maintaince.

[-] exu@feditown.com 3 points 2 months ago

They require a lot of driver work to get everything working. Many of their chips for example only support h264 hardware decoding at the moment, although they would be capable of h265 as well. Another example would be the PineTab 2, which now after a few years has working wifi and an alpha bluetooth driver. Yes, it's always getting better, but very slowly and it might well take another few years until you can just run a mainline kernel with full hardware functionality.

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Other people claim they have ordered and delivery was not happening for half a year etc. Seemed like something was up with supply.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Or they are getting sued over patient violations (pure speculation but that has happened to other small companies)

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

the EU store regularly posts updates on stock

[-] exu@feditown.com 3 points 2 months ago

I'm focusing more on the community building and advancing software parts of the work they did/do. Some products are in a pretty good state, but that's not the case for others.

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