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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Is Pine64 dead? (self.linux)

submitted 1 month ago by possiblylinux127 to c/[email protected]

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I haven't heard anything in months. Maybe there is legal trouble?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

We're talking about low level software that makes the hardware usable here, the reason that Raspberry Pi is the king of this market is because they have the software support that allows their hardware to just work. Pine64 relies on the community to do this for each of the boards they release.

Pine64's most successful products have been the ones they release as full products with working firmware.