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Outer layer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thelins.se\/johan\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200719_102309499-768x1024.jpg\")
Next layer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thelins.se\/johan\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200719_102347712-1024x768.jpg\")
Two boxes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thelins.se\/johan\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200719_102403487-1024x768.jpg\")
One contained the power adapter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thelins.se\/johan\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200719_102435052-1024x768.jpg\")
The other contained another box<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thelins.se\/johan\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200719_102457898_MP-768x1024.jpg\")
Containing a letter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li> ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.thelins.se\/johan\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/IMG_20200719_102451055-768x1024.jpg\")
And the Pinebook Pro<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n The Pinebook comes in many layers. Like, properly many. I guess this means that it is safe during transport. At least mine arrived without any bruising despite a long journey from Hongkong to Alings\u00e5s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAfter powering the system on it took quite a long time for the system to reach the Manjaro logo, but once up and running, things move along at a decent pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Initial impressions are positive. I had to crank up the backlight a bit, but I’m sitting outdoors (it is overcast). Right now I’m installing the initial set of software updates (some 400+MB to download) while I type this. I also set the keyboard layout to Swedish. I have an ISO keyboard model, so all the keys are there and I don’t mind that the keycaps say something else than what they type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the topic of the keyboard. I was warned about the keyboard feel. I was also told that the Pro-model is better than the original Pinebook (which I’ve only used for ~5s at fosdem). To be honest, the keyboard is decent, but not on par with my Dell XPS13, nor my Sculpt Egonomic<\/a> keyboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nI still have the night time hacking test to perform – will my wife accept this keyboard clicking in the early morning hours? She preferred the MacBook Pro over the XPS13, so let’s see how this fares ;-).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also have to see if I can adopt to Manjaro Linux, or if I’ll go to Debian, which I run on all my other machines. It has been years since I tried any alternative distro, so I’ll give it a few days at least to see how much I will miss
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