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Armbian 24.2.1 Bookworm CLI
Kernel: 6.6.16, Size: 429.6MB, Release date:
Feb 13, 2024
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Armbian 24.2.1 Jammy Gnome
Kernel: 6.6.16, Size: 1.3GB, Release date:
Feb 13, 2024
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Important: For Armbian 23.08 or more recent versions:
- Write image to SD using BalenaEtcher.
- Boot from SD by holding the recovery (RCI) button while powering the board.
- Release RCY button after the blue LED flashes once.
- Once booted, use
armbian-install
to write u-boot to MTD (SPI flash). This completely and irrevocably removes Petitboot, replacing it with mainline u-boot. - You can also install to NVMe, USB, or eMMC. NVMe or eMMC is recommended.
For Armbian 23.05 and previous releases:
In order to boot Armbian, you need to disable Petitboot by running fw_setenv skip_spiboot true in the command line of Petitboot. This won’t run Petitboot again. But cons it will only boot from eMMC or SD card, not from USB nor NMVe nor SATA.
(this method no longer works for 23.08 or later, see above)
Different images? Missing features? -> Download SDK Looking for compatible accessories? Want to participate in development?
Stable releases
User space | Interface | URL | Torrent | Kernel | Integrity | Size | Release date | |||
Armbian Bookworm | Cinnamon | 6.6.16 | SHA | ASC | 1.3GB | Feb 13, 2024 | ||||
Armbian Bookworm | Gnome | 6.6.16 | SHA | ASC | 1.3GB | Feb 13, 2024 | ||||
Armbian Bookworm | Minimal | 6.6.16 | SHA | ASC | 290.9MB | Feb 13, 2024 | ||||
Armbian Jammy | CLI | 6.6.16 | SHA | ASC | 478.2MB | Feb 13, 2024 | ||||
Armbian Jammy | Cinnamon | 6.6.16 | SHA | ASC | 1.4GB | Feb 13, 2024 | ||||
Armbian Jammy | KDE Plasma | 6.6.16 | SHA | ASC | 1.4GB | Feb 13, 2024 | ||||
Armbian Jammy | XFCE | 6.6.16 | SHA | ASC | 1.3GB | Feb 13, 2024 | ||||
Armbian Jammy | KDE Neon | 6.6.21 | SHA | ASC | 1.3GB | Mar 12, 2024 | ||||
* Looking for different or custom variant? Use Armbian build framework! | * Most of images are tested with test automation or by Armbian community or official maintainers. |
Dedicated applications
Application | URL | Torrent | Kernel | Integrity | Size | Release date | ||||
Armbian Home Assistant Supervised | 6.6 | SHA | ASC | 362.7MB | Apr 4, 2024 | |||||
Armbian with OpenHab | 6.6 | SHA | ASC | 1021MB | Apr 4, 2024 | |||||
Armbian with Kali Linux applications | 6.6 | SHA | ASC | 503.9MB | Apr 4, 2024 | |||||
* 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. |
Specifications
* 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 comes only with essentials and without armbian-config, armbian-zsh, build-essentials, Python, DKMS, …
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:
- Free support is provided via general project search engine, documentation, community forums or IRC/Discord. Keep in mind this is mostly provided by our awesome community members in a best effort manner and therefore there are no guaranteed solutions.
- For commercial or prioritised assistance:
- book a an hour of professional consultation,
- consider becoming a project partner.
- Reach us out at https://armbian.com/contact,
Daily / Rolling releases from CI pipeline
User space | Kernel | URL | Torrent | Integrity | Size | Release date | ||
Armbian Trixie Minimal | rolling | 6.6.28 | SHA | ASC | 309.9MB | Apr 24, 2024 | ||
Armbian Trixie Minimal | rolling | 6.8.7 | SHA | ASC | 297.1MB | Apr 24, 2024 | ||
Armbian Noble XFCE | rolling | 6.8.7 | SHA | ASC | 876MB | Apr 24, 2024 | ||
Armbian Noble XFCE | rolling | 6.6.28 | SHA | ASC | 849.6MB | Apr 24, 2024 |
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!