bananapi-m5
Standard support
Desktop

Armbian 24.5.1 Noble Gnome
trunk MESA / VPU
Kernel: 6.6.31, Size: 1.2GB, Release date: May 25, 2024
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Stable user space packages
Minimal

Armbian 24.5.3 Bookworm Minimal / IOT

Kernel: 6.6.36, Size: 257.2MB, Release date: Jul 1, 2024
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Stable user space packages
  • powering with PD capable PSU is not possible. It has to be dumb 5V
  • To support M2P you need to add this to the /boot/armbianEnv.txt and reboot:
    fdtfile=amlogic/meson-sm1-bananapi-m2-pro.dtb
  • To change display resolution, add below to the /boot/armbianEnv.txt:
    extraargs=video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60

Desktop images with Armbian Linux v6.6

Build Date: May 25, 2024

Distro Desktop Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Cinnamon SHA    ASC 1.4GB
Debian 12 (Bookworm) XFCE SHA    ASC 1.3GB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) XFCE SHA    ASC 1.3GB
 
* Desktops are very simple and minimal but containing standard features such as Chromium, Firefox browser, Office tools etc.

Server and IOT images with Armbian Linux v6.6

Build Date: May 25, 2024

Distro Type Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) Server / CLI SHA    ASC 469.6MB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Server / CLI SHA    ASC 446.2MB
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) Minimal / IOT SHA    ASC 244.2MB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Minimal / IOT SHA    ASC 234.4MB
 
* Minimal images have very small footprint. They come only with essential packages and build-in systemd-networkd.
* Server / CLI images comes with Network Manager and include packages like armbian-config, armbian-zsh etc.

Dedicated applications with Armbian Linux v6.6

Build Date: May 25, 2024

Distro Application Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Home Assistant SHA    ASC 366.5MB
Debian 12 (Bookworm) OpenHab SHA    ASC 1GB
 
* 3rd party unofficial applications deployment made with official Armbian build framework. Application support is not provided by Armbian team, but you are welcome to use our community forums for support.
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Specifications

10000tx 1wire 4 core 4GB 64bit Closed bootloader UASP docker eMMC i2c usb3 wireguard Amlogic S905X3

* Specifications differ from hardware revision, model and software support level

FAQs

  • check previous images from archive
  • join community forums

Simple

BASH or ZSH shell, standard Debian/Ubuntu utilities. Features can be adjusted with menu-driven utility. Login is possible via serial, HDMI or SSH.

Universal

Minimal, server or Desktop. We work with XFCE, Gnome and Cinnamon but more is possible to build: Mate, KDE, Budgie, Deepin, i3, …

Light

No bloatware or spyware. Special utilities are completely optional. Suitable for newcomers and professionals.

Optimized

Distributed images are optimized for flash media (SD/eMMC/SSD) and compacted to real data size.

Fast

Armbian is optimized on kernel and userspace level. ZRAM & ZSWAP support, browser profile memory caching, garbage commit delay.

Secure

Security level can be adjusted with the armbian-config. OS is reviewed by professionals within the community.

Supported

Maintainers and community have deep understanding how HW work. We are seniors with 30+ years of experience in Linux + embedded Linux.

Open

Armbian provides open source build framework to build a distribution of optimised Linux hardware interface for armhf, aarch64 and x86.

We provide a selection of images that fits hardware best. If you need different image – use build framework and make whatever you need. Build framework relies on Debian and Ubuntu packages – you can build any combination – stable, old stable or rolling release.

Minimal images have very small footprint. They come only with essential packages and build-in systemd-networkd while CLI server images have Network Manager based networking, armbian-config utilities, option to select ZSH as default shell.

Make sure you have a good & reliable boot media (SD card / USB key) and a proper power supply. Archives can be flashed with Etcher (all OS) directly.

Insert the SD card into the slot, connect a cable to your network if possible or a display and power your board. (First) boot (with DHCP) takes a bit longer.

Support is provided in one of two ways:

Rolling releases from CI pipeline

Build Date: Jul 23, 2024

Distro VariantUser space Kernel TorrentIntegrity Size
 
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Gnome MESA / VPU stable 6.6.41 SHA  ASC 1.2GB
Debian Testing (Trixie) Minimal / IOT stable 6.6.41 SHA  ASC 260.4MB


Rolling releases are suitable for Linux enthusiasts who want cutting edge packages and have the skills to fix damage that a bad update might cause. If you want stability in a production environment or low headaches as a novice user, skip rolling releases. They are only at, build and ship, Debian testing / Arch / Manjaro / Suse Tumbleweed / Kali / Gentoo support quality level!