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Any owners of a #CutiePi tablet out there?

I was one of their earliest supporters and got my device in 2020. In hindsight it seems that I’ve been quite lucky, as I’ve read of people who ordered it later and still haven’t received it 1-2 years down the line.

Back in the day I contributed to the cutiepi-middleware package (namely for the battery indicators and on-screen keyboard), but then I left my device to gather dust in a drawer, as the support for RaspberryPi OS seemed very primitive, the default UI (CutiePi Shell) very limited and buggy, and I didn’t have much time to invest in making the experience better.

Fast forward a couple of years, I’ve decided to pick it up again and give Manjaro a try. Another important upgrade has been to replace the default CM4 chipset onboard with 2GB of RAM with a more beefy one with 8GB (2GB aren’t enough for any GUI anymore). The beauty of a tablet based on a RPi CM4 module is that you can upgrade its specs simply by replacing the module.

Some things required some tweaking to work, in particular some /boot customizations, but most of the things work by now. This 2022 article has been very helpful. By the way, I’ve been quite surprised that screen auto-rotation didn’t work out of the box in GNOME and required to install an extra extension. Also, the default on-screen keyboard required some tinkering to work.

What I still need to get to work:

• MCU drivers: for some reason the MCU interface doesn’t communicate the battery/power button state over /sys, but it has it own custom serial protocol over ttyS0 and the messages are then exposed over DBus. I don’t know why this decision was taken, but of course nobody among kernel developers and distro maintainers wants to maintain a custom protocol that only works on one device. It means that battery indicator support and power button aren’t currently working outside of the official CutiePi Shell. The article on NemoMobile seems to hint at some progress in migrating to /sys, but more than 2 years later I don’t seem to see much movement. It also doesn’t help that the last update to the CutiePi website was in 2021, and that I wrote an email a month ago to the main developer of the project and I haven’t yet received a response.

• This is probably a GNOME issue, but I’ve noticed that the on-screen keyboard flag in accessibility gets reset when the screen rotates. So if I change the orientation of the display I have to manually re-enable the on-screen keyboard.

Besides that, once the hardware is upgraded and things are configured it seems a quite solid device, and it’s sad that it seems that the startup backing it is now gone.

The #cutiepi is for sure a loyal companion...

#linux #raspberrypi #linuxtablets

The #cutiepi is for sure a loyal companion...

#linux #raspberrypi #linuxtablets

I am still thinking of #FOSDEM 2024.
- I have many things to show, and many people to see
- I have ready to show presentation about #PineTime and #Amazfish
- I am considering also #NemoMobile as Qt6 based images are near.
- I can join #MobileStand with #NemoMobile and #AsteroidOS. I can probably arrange also #CutiePi to show

There is also the other side:
- last year was my talk rejected
- it is a little over my budget (cheap hostel feels uncomfortable)
- traveling is exhausting (am I old?)

I am still thinking of #FOSDEM 2024.
- I have many things to show, and many people to see
- I have ready to show presentation about #PineTime and #Amazfish
- I am considering also #NemoMobile as Qt6 based images are near.
- I can join #MobileStand with #NemoMobile and #AsteroidOS. I can probably arrange also #CutiePi to show

There is also the other side:
- last year was my talk rejected
- it is a little over my budget (cheap hostel feels uncomfortable)
- traveling is exhausting (am I old?)

Now you can run Envox EEZ Studio #LVGL #SDL #GUI app on your favorite #Linux machine. Including @Raspberry_Pi I have just tested build on #CutiePi tablet and it works great! I always love to see #opensourcesoftware running on #opensourcehardware https://github.com/eez-open/lvgl-sdl-demo read more about the whole story on intergalaktik news section https://intergalaktik.eu/news/bb3-cm4-pcb

Now you can run Envox EEZ Studio #LVGL #SDL #GUI app on your favorite #Linux machine. Including @Raspberry_Pi I have just tested build on #CutiePi tablet and it works great! I always love to see #opensourcesoftware running on #opensourcehardware https://github.com/eez-open/lvgl-sdl-demo read more about the whole story on intergalaktik news section https://intergalaktik.eu/news/bb3-cm4-pcb

@mike If you like the #CutiePi, you may also like the #DevTerm

https://www.clockworkpi.com/devterm

@mike If you like the #CutiePi, you may also like the #DevTerm

https://www.clockworkpi.com/devterm

After waiting since March of 2021, my #CutiePi arrived this morning. First impressions of the build quality are good. It feels solid and the screen is acceptable. It's running #Raspian #Bullseye. It notified me immediately there were updates, but there was a missing dependency so it wouldn't do them. I manually forced it to #Bookworm, which destroyed the custom UI they've put on it. I reimaged the SDCard, and it's back to good. Tomorrow I try a new image I got a few minutes ago.

After waiting since March of 2021, my #CutiePi arrived this morning. First impressions of the build quality are good. It feels solid and the screen is acceptable. It's running #Raspian #Bullseye. It notified me immediately there were updates, but there was a missing dependency so it wouldn't do them. I manually forced it to #Bookworm, which destroyed the custom UI they've put on it. I reimaged the SDCard, and it's back to good. Tomorrow I try a new image I got a few minutes ago.

Anyone have any hands on experience with the #CutiePi tablet? It looks kinda fun.

https://cutiepi.io

#raspberrypi #tablet #linuxmobile

Anyone have any hands on experience with the #CutiePi tablet? It looks kinda fun.

https://cutiepi.io

#raspberrypi #tablet #linuxmobile

These #CutiePi #Raspberry_Pi tablets... They've packaged Compute Module 4, battery, wi-fi, BT, touch display, camera and all the drivers. Open source. Want!!!
https://shop.cutiepi.io/products/cutiepi-tablet

#CutiePi Tablet review (updated)

https://tuxphones.com/cutiepi-review-open-hardware-linux-tablet-raspberry-pi-4/ #raspberrypi #linux

Our in-depth review of the #CutiePi is finally out! Check it out here:

"CutiePi Tablet review: The open-hardware #Linux tablet"

https://tuxphones.com/cutiepi-review-open-hardware-linux-tablet-raspberry-pi-4/ #raspberrypi

Found a way to have almost zero-latency, wireless video streaming on a virtual secondary screen, i.e.: using a mainline Linux tablet (with working GPU) as a portable second screen for your Linux desktop.

The amazing #CutiePi (review next week!) is seen here for this purpose

A very first unboxing of the #CutiePi Tablet, the first open-hardware Raspberry Pi 4-powered handheld by the Taiwan/Japan-based open hardware startup.

This device is based on a #RaspberryPi CM 4 (2GB RAM in our sample), and sports fully open-hardware, and easy to replicate, board design, which incorporates a HD screen, 5MP camera and several other sensors, all enclosed in a solid chassis.

An in-depth review will arrive in the next weeks, as soon as I manage to get rid of some other work!

終於啊 !

#CutiePi Tablet - #RaspberryPi, Untethered - Your order has shipped!

Already 146% reached for the #CutiePi #Tablet campaign 🙈 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/745629624/cutiepi-raspberry-pi-untethered

CutiePi Is World’s Thinnest, Hackable Raspberry Pi Tablet, Available for Pre-Order Now

https://9to5linux.com/cutiepi-is-worlds-thinnest-hackable-raspberry-pi-tablet-available-for-pre-order-now

#RaspberryPi #Linuxtablet #CutiePi

Which one would you rather get #cutiepi or #pinetab ?

If you want some news about #CutiePi, the #tablet with #RaspberryPi (on Medium I know) 🤓 https://medium.com/cutiepi