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Armbian 24.8.1 Bookworm Minimal / IOT

Kernel: 6.6.44, Size: 225.4 MB, Release date: Aug 27, 2024
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Armbian 24.8.1 Noble Gnome
MESA / VPU
Kernel: 6.6.44, Size: 1.3 GB, Release date: Aug 27, 2024
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  • The only led on the board is a power LED, it starts to light as soon as power is available and does not indicate anything else.
  • DC-IN via Micro USB, keep in mind that most USB cables have a resistance way too high which leads to undervoltage situations. It is recommended to power your Pine64(+) through the Euler pins (see linux-sunxi wiki for details).
  • If you clone one Armbian installation for more than one Pine64 please keep in mind that the Ethernet MAC address will be chosen randomly on first boot and then saved in /boot/uEnv.txt. To avoid MAC address collisions you must adjust the address there or delete the whole ethaddr line.
  • If you use a DVI display don’t forget to define disp_dvi_compat=1 in /boot/armbianEnv.txt
  • Pine64’s own LCD with touchscreen support can simply be activated in /boot/armbianEnv.txt by setting pine64_lcd=on and adding gt9xxf_ts to /etc/modules followed by a reboot.

Debian Bookworm 24.8.1 minimal testing:

  • Boot from sdcard and eMMC (only from SD card, didn't test emmc) OK
  • HDMI is ok OK
  • USB2 ports are ok OK
  • Gigabit Etherner is ok, Tested on LAN with scp, likely limited by SD card speed (100% 1949MB 17.8MB/s 01:49)
  • Wireless ok, (stable but slow, ~5Mbps/s but router is far away as well)
  • Analog audio codec does not work (I did not check audio codec)
  • Reboot and shutdown work as intended

Desktop images with Armbian Linux v6.6

Build Date: Aug 27, 2024

Distro Variant Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Cinnamon MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 1.4 GB
Debian 12 (Bookworm) XFCE SHA    ASC 1.3 GB
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) KDE Neon MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 1.6 GB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) XFCE SHA    ASC 1.3 GB
 
* Desktops are very simple and minimal but containing standard features such as Chromium, Firefox browser, Office tools etc.

Server images with Armbian Linux v6.6

Build Date: Aug 27, 2024

Distro Variant Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Server / CLI SHA    ASC 419 MB
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) Server / CLI SHA    ASC 452.7 MB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Server / CLI SHA    ASC 434.4 MB
 
* Server / CLI images comes with Network Manager and include packages like armbian-config, armbian-zsh etc.

Minimal/IOT images with Armbian Linux v6.6

Build Date: Aug 27, 2024

Distro Variant Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Minimal / IOT SHA    ASC 220 MB
 
* Minimal images have very small footprint. They come only with essential packages and build-in systemd-networkd. They are optimised for automation and production deployments.
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Specifications

100tx 1wire 2GB 4 core 64bit CAN battery docker i2c spi wifi wireguard Allwinner A64

* 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:

Current images doesn't work? Use old images from archive and report to forums exactly which image fails.