The Sudden Fall of JingOS and their Linux Tablet

The entire Linux community was hyped about the JingPad. It was the first Linux tablet with amazing build quality, and its own flagship iPad OS-inspired distro helped, too. We could have had one of the best pieces of Linux hardware, complete with features such as Android app support. However, this never came to be, and the company behind it seems to be completely dead. Jingling was founded in June of 2020 and quickly assembled a staff of around 80 people. Most of these people focused on their operating system, JingOS. This operating system aimed to be a consumer-friendly mobile operating system with a Linux base and Android application support. The hardware and software teams were separated, with the JingOS team being in Beijing and the rest of the hardware development team in Shenzhen (where the rest of its supply chain was located). ...

August 12, 2022 · 7 min · 1289 words · Brandon Hopkins

How to Flash Linux on the PinePhone

We will go over how to flash distributions on a PinePhone. You can easily flash Manjaro, Arch, Ubuntu Touch, Mobian, and any other ARM distribution available on the wiki linked below. https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_Software_Releases Time needed: 15 minutes. Installing a new distribution on your Pinephone is as easy as flashing an ISO to the internal storage, Download the Jumpdrive image. Visit this page and grab the latest version of Jumpdrive. Flash the Jumpdrive image to an SD card. Using a burning tool such as Etcher, plug in the SD card to your computer. You may need a converter or a special USB to connect the card. Burn the .img. ...

February 13, 2022 · 2 min · 220 words · Brandon Hopkins
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