Pine64 · 2021
Pine64 Pinebook Pro (RK3399)
A 220 dollar Arm hacking laptop with privacy switches and mainline Linux on the RK3399, but it is slow, has 4 GB soldered RAM, and suspend has never been solid. Buy it as a tinkering project, not a working machine.
Compiled from public sources and community data, not hands-on tested. What that means.
Best on arch. Confidence: high
Scores
Specs
| CPU | Rockchip RK3399 (2x Cortex-A72 + 4x Cortex-A53) |
|---|---|
| GPU | Arm Mali-T860 MP4 (integrated) |
| RAM | 4 GB (soldered) |
| Storage | 64 GB |
| Screen | 14" 1920x1080 @ 60Hz |
| Weight | 1.26 kg |
| Battery (real) | ~6 h |
Linux compatibility
- arch Minor setup
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- unknown
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- works
- Suspend
- needs tweak
- debian Minor setup
- Wi-Fi
- works
- Bluetooth
- works
- Fingerprint
- unknown
- Webcam
- works
- Audio
- works
- Suspend
- needs tweak
arch: Ships Manjaro Arm with KDE. This is an Arm SBC in a laptop shell, not a PC: the RK3399 is well supported in mainline and on the panfrost Mesa driver for the Mali GPU, but it is slow, GPU acceleration in browsers is patchy, and suspend has always been the weak spot on this board. No fingerprint reader. 4 GB soldered RAM caps what you can do. It is a hackable, privacy-switch-laden hobby machine, not a daily driver, and we have not run a current build long-term. PINE64 wiki: Pinebook Pro Linux status →
debian: Debian and Armbian builds exist and boot, with the same s2idle suspend caveat as the Manjaro image. The hardware row is community-sourced from PINE64 forum and wiki reports, not a long-term bench test here.