Khae ThanoAug 10, 2023
Justin
My KDE Plasma Image for the #PineTabV is now available for testing. Still lots to fix up but this has full GPU desktop acceleration, and feels responsive, even running from a SD card. Check https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTab-v for details. #pine64 #riscv @PINE64 @pine64eu
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:51amWeb
Show threadJustinAug 4, 2023
A few design decision with the PTV that detract a bit: 1) No Accelerometer so it can’t autorotate. 2) recovery is via UART, when it could have been via SD card (if you corrupt your uboot install) 3) it has USB OTG support, but enabling it will disconnect the keyboard and wifi/BT adapter. Other than these minor issues, I love it!
Show threadJustinAug 4, 2023
wiki URL should be https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PineTab-V
PineTab-V

PINE64
Show threadAdam HonseAug 4, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu The PineTab-V looks awesome. Once they're back in stock I think I want to pick one up. It looks like exactly what I'd want from a tablet. Glad to see RISC-V taking off!
Show threadJustinAug 5, 2023
@pine64eu @CalcProgrammer1 @PINE64 yeah, I have to give it to @PINE64 - This and the Pinetab2 are definitely very well made devices.
Show threadPaul BlackAug 4, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu thanks for sharing! I'll test it tonight.
Show threadbaliceauxPelicanAug 4, 2023

@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu

is the wifi stable now ?

Show threadJustinAug 5, 2023
@baliceauxPelican @pine64eu @PINE64 yep - but for clarity, this is the PineTabV, not the PineTab2. The Wifi driver for PineTab2 is still under development.
Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️Aug 5, 2023

@Fishwaldo
Wow. Great to see such rapid development on such a nice #RiskV device! I honestly expected it to be far longer before we saw a full desktop environment running on it, let alone with full GPU acceleration!

Thanks for all your efforts helping to make this happen! ❤️

@PINE64 @pine64eu

Show threadJustinAug 5, 2023
@pine64eu @Blort @PINE64 Would you be surprised if I said I only received my PTV on Thursday? Thankfully, it shares a lot of similarities with the Star64, and I believe the starfive folks helped Pine64 with the factory test image that meant we already had some of the heavy lifting done for us.
Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️Aug 5, 2023
@Fishwaldo
Still... that's impressive! Thank you for your efforts on this!
@pine64eu @PINE64
Show threadPaul BlackAug 5, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu perfect.
Show threadJustinAug 5, 2023
@Techwizz @PINE64 @pine64eu now I feel I need to post a pic of your pic taking a pic of my post!
Show threadPaul BlackAug 5, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu I think that's exactly what you need to do!
Show threadCarl Schwan Aug 9, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu Pretty nice 🙂 if you didn't join yet, checkout the #kde-yocto:kde.org matrix channel and chat with Cola. He also has some experience with porting Plasma on RiscV and ARM boards ;)
Show threadAlexanderMarsAug 9, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu this is very cool, I love that we will finally have fully open platforms. I’m sure there’ll be some odd blobs here and there in some chips, but it’s getting whittled down so much quicker than I thought possible. I still can’t bring myself to buy anything from pine64 yet, I appreciate what they’re doing, I just don’t have the patience to be a part time quality assurance engineer.
Show threadJustinAug 10, 2023
@PINE64 @pine64eu @AlexanderMars it’s as “open” as it can be. Still plenty of proprietary IP in a RiscV SOC, and we still have wifi and GPU that would probably never be blob free, but it is fun to work on something “new”.
Show threadJustinAug 10, 2023
@PINE64 @pine64eu @AlexanderMars And in case you didn’t realize, pine64.com (the company) don’t do software at all. At most they ship a BSP from the upstream vendors, and leave the real software to the community. (Pine64.org). There are a lot of very smart people that actively participate in the community, but as is always the case, people’s preferences differ!
Show threadJustinAug 10, 2023
@PINE64 @pine64eu @AlexanderMars OA lot of the developers have a strong “mainline” preference and support #dontshipit for WIP development. The problem comes when outsiders or distribution pickup these patches that are not ready and thus you get a subpar experience
Show threadAlexanderMarsAug 10, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu I know you guys aren’t just throwing code at the devices to see what sticks, I follow progress closely, and it’s impressive. I just see people treating pine devices like they’re a 1:1 replacement for a consumer device, and that’s not the expectation you guys set. I genuinely look forward to actually daily driving a pinetab soon.
Show threadAlexanderMarsAug 10, 2023
@Fishwaldo @PINE64 @pine64eu I daily drive an MS Surface Pro with @kde, and though the hardware is fully functional, KDE is far from a touch centric UI. Check out KDE’s Maui shell if you get a chance, IMO the best design for convertibles like a Pinetab. I get frustrated with Linux community members, dismissing touch devices as niche or esoteric use cases. Some of us actually NEED a touchscreen, I have dyslexia and touch screens really help.
Show threadJustinAug 12, 2023
@kde @AlexanderMars @pine64eu @PINE64 I’ll check it out. Right now I’m spending more time on the kernel/drivers side of things but I definitely agree plasma by its self isn’t fun with touchscreen!