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I regret it. Manjaro is very non-standard as Linux goes, and the laptop won't run any other kind of Linux because of the CPU. I put hours of research into figuring out if I could wipe it and install some normal kind of Linux, but the answer was always no.
and the laptop won't run any other kind of Linux because of the CPU.
Linux networking is just too difficult and not worth the trouble for me.
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinebook_Pro#Pinebook_Pro_images
https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/Pinebook_Pro_Software_Release#Armbian
https://www.armbian.com/pinebook-pro/
There was some experimental Debian distro for the Pinebook when I bought it, but unstable. I think the problem is more than just the CPU.
Linux networking is just too difficult and not worth the trouble for me.
I would strongly recommend against buying a USB online. Find someone you trust to make you one, or do it yourself, not that hard. Hopefully they didn't add any backdoors to your installation.
I detest Microsoft anything so I decided to put Linux on it.
Pop! Linux is a variant of Ubuntu Linux from System 76, they sell laptops with Linux pre-installed.
1. Bought Samsung 250 Gb SSD from Best Buy.
2. Bought tiny screws from eBay.
3. Bought USB stick with Pop! OS from eBay (too lazy to make my own).
4. Opened craptop and installed SSD stick.
5. Turn on craptop press Esc
6. Boot USB stick
7. NO worky!
8. Google search: solution=disable safe boot mode
9. Google search: how to disable safe boot mode
10. Eureka, worky. Installed Pop! OS Linux
11. Installed Pop onto Samsung SSD
The installation was really fast.
Start-up is fast but honestly Windows 10 wasn't too slow.
The total cost was $150+$54+$17+$8
We'll see how it goes, I can always boot windows again from the flash drive, it's still intact.
Edit: It has it's own app for downloading other software called "Pop shop" it's pretty cool.
The software has interesting features that are useful.