PinePhone postmarketOS CE can be reserved at the beginning of July

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The Pine64 community unveiled recently announced that it will soon be the start of receiving pre-orders for the PinePhone postmarketOS CE (Community Edition), which will come equipped with firmware with mobile platform postmarket OS based on Alpine Linux, Musl and BusyBox.

But also, If desired, the user can download the option of firmware KDE Plasma Mobile, but in order not to duplicate efforts to stabilize the postmarketOS community edition, the main environment is Phosh.

Since by default, Purism is developing the custom Phosh shell for the Librem 5 smartphone based on the GNOME and Wayland technologies.

From the firmware features, the use of a new installer is observed, which supports installation with encryption of all data on the drive (The password to access the encrypted partitions is set on the first boot).

Firmware still in beta testing and not all bugs and deficiencies have been fixed (but the developers promise to solve the main problems before the delivery of devices in pre-order).

However, the basic functionality of the phone is assured., including basic functions: such as to make calls, send and receive SMS, access the network through a cellular network or Wi-Fi.

Furthermore, the interface is optimized for small touchscreens and is based on standard GNOME or KDE technologies, depending on the chosen shell.

We are proud to announce that as of this month, all of our community services, including this very website that you are currently visiting, are running on our PINE64 pool of 24 ROCKPro64 single board computers. The process of migrating services to the cluster began on June 5 and ended on June 10 without major problems or setbacks.

Hardware PinePhone is designed to use replaceable components: Most of the modules are not soldered, but are connected via detachable loops, which allows, for example, if the user wishes, to be able to replace the default camera with a better one.

The device is built in:

  • ARM Allwinner A64 Quad Core SoC with a Mali 400 MP2 GPU
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 5,95-inch screen (1440 × 720 IPS)
  • Micro SD (with support for downloading from an SD card)
  • 16 GB eMMC (internal)
  • USB-C port with USB Host and a combo video output for connecting a monitor
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n module
  • Bluetooth 4.0 (A2DP), GPS, GPS-A, GLONASS
  • Two 2 and 5Mpx cameras (front and rear)
  • A 3000mAh battery
  • Hardware disconnectable components with LTE / GNSS,
  • microphone and speakers.

You have to remember that the goal of the postmarketOS project is to provide the possibility of use the GNU / Linux distribution on a smartphone, It is not dependent on the life cycle of the supported official firmware and is not tied to the standard solutions of the major industry players that set the development vector.

The postmarket environmentOS it is as unified as possible and it takes all device-specific components in a separate package, all other packages are identical for all devices and are based on standard Alpine Linux packages, which is chosen as one of the most compact and protected distributions.

El Linux kernel and udev rules evolve as part of a project Halium suite created to unify system components for Ubuntu Touch, Mer / Sailfish OS, Plasma Mobile, webOS Lune, and other Linux-based solutions for devices that come with Android.

In addition to postmarketOS, other boot images are also offered based UBports, Maemo Oriental, Manjaro, LuneOS, Nemo mobile and partially open platform sailfish are being developed for PinePhone.

Work is underway to prepare assemblies with NixOS. The software environment can be downloaded directly from the SD card without the need for flashing.

Pre-order opening is scheduled for early July 2020 and the cost of the phone will be $ 150.

If you want to know more about it, You can check the announcement in the following link.

Source: https://www.pine64.org


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