Hi all,
Luke from PINE64 here. Not really here to argue, but when I see comments such as this …
The GPU on these chips is absolutely horrid and therefore, you’ll be hard pressed to use it for much more than a super-minimal linux workstation. Youtube videos might be too much for it.
… I cannot but scratch my head and only offer up a short clip of the absolutely horrid GPU (and VPU), on the same hardware that will be in the Pinebook Pro, running: 1080p Youtube, 3D WebGL applications, 4K playback and 3D applications … and with ease I may add.
As a side-note, both the BSP and mainline kernels are very solid for this SOC, as just about any third-party with a degree of insight will be able to confirm. And for those of you whom are not fans of blobs … panfrost has been demoed on this very board a few months back.
N.B. video of a very early OS image