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We are therefore considering dropping support for both the original PinePhone and PineTab once the current kernel branch reaches end-of-life, ultimately turning those devices into high-tech paperweights.
No decision has been made yet, but this matter is being actively discussed.
Discussion on Hacker News.
My PP became nothing more than a tiny tablet when the modem died after less than a year. I liked Mobian, but it’s clearly now a dead end on the PP.
Thank God the PineBook Pro had been reliable. I’ve been using Armbian, which has been a good experience… but if Purism released a general ARM-installable version, I would install it post haste.
I LOVE MY LIBREM 5!
Well Purism does provide QEMU Byzantium images, although they only come in the plain variant.
I have considered trying that on my workstation, but I doubt the PBP has the horsepower or RAM to support that.
Is there any update on this? Did Mobian abandon the original PinePhone/ PineTab? If so, did anyone else pick up support for Mobian on those devices? Any clue what other distros still actively support the PinePhone/ PineTab?
It looks like it might still be possible to install mobian based on the wiki page: InstallingDebianOn/PINE64/PinePhone - Debian Wiki
Great, thanks @Sarcasmo220. I see TowBoot mentioned, which comes up a lot in relation to the PinePhone. Maybe it plugged the kernel support gap that the Mobian folks were bemoaning in that 2023 blog piece.