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Distributions quote of the week

Distributions quote of the week

Posted Oct 12, 2023 15:48 UTC (Thu) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
In reply to: Distributions quote of the week by 5fdb1f
Parent article: Distributions quote of the week

From my reading of the blog they're talking about their original PinePhone, not the more recent models. It also seems they learned from their mistake and the more recent models don't have this single point of failure. I guess the original models will just no longer receive updates? I don't see why they should spontaneously stop working.

But this does seem to indicate that shipping a device running Linux which requires non-mainline patches is a risky proposition if you don't have the resources to maintain the changes. TANSTAAFL

Incidentally, I see the device warranty is only 30 days. Is that even legal? I guess that's why it says BETA in big letters everywhere.


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Posted Oct 17, 2023 3:30 UTC (Tue) by Fishwaldo (subscriber, #47595) [Link]

On the warranty side, if you buy from Pine64 directly, then it’s only 30 days. If you buy from some of their affiliates, (eg, pine64eu) then you get 2 years warranty - the cost is also more from the EU side, but pine64eu already includes VAT/Customs etc where as pine64 then buyer has to pay their own customs/VAT etc. (Pine64 itself is based in Hong Kong IIRC)


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