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Armbian 24.8.4 Bookworm Minimal / IOT

Kernel: 6.1.75, Size: 298.9 MB, Release date: Oct 12, 2024
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Stable user space packages
Desktop

Armbian 24.8.4 Noble Gnome
MESA / VPU
Kernel: 6.1.75, Size: 1.4 GB, Release date: Oct 12, 2024
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Stable user space packages

Desktop images with Armbian Linux v6.1

Build Date: Oct 12, 2024

Based on Rockchip BSP. This kernel is newer than the legacy kernel v5.10.y and works stable too.
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 1.8 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 v6.1

Build Date: Oct 12, 2024

Based on Rockchip BSP. This kernel is newer than the legacy kernel v5.10.y and works stable too.
Distro Variant Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Server / CLI MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 487.9 MB
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) Server / CLI MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 535.9 MB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Server / CLI MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 490.9 MB
 
* Server / CLI images comes with Network Manager and include packages like armbian-config, armbian-zsh etc.

Minimal/IOT images with Armbian Linux v6.1

Build Date: Oct 12, 2024

Based on Rockchip BSP. This kernel is newer than the legacy kernel v5.10.y and works stable too.
Distro Variant Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Minimal / IOT SHA    ASC 289.2 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.

Bleeding edge images with Armbian Linux v6.11

Build Date: Oct 12, 2024

Not all features have been implemented yet, but it works stable enough.
Distro Variant Extensions Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Server / CLI MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 542 MB
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Cinnamon MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 1.5 GB
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Minimal / IOT SHA    ASC 314.6 MB
Debian 12 (Bookworm) XFCE SHA    ASC 1.4 GB
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) Server / CLI MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 549.4 MB
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy) KDE Neon MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 1.7 GB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Server / CLI MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 522.8 MB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Gnome MESA / VPU SHA    ASC 1.3 GB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) Minimal / IOT SHA    ASC 309 MB
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble) XFCE SHA    ASC 1.3 GB
 
* Edge kernels are actively developed, so there may be some unreported issues on this images. You should beware of that.
* Most of images are tested with test automation or by Armbian community or official maintainers.

Dedicated applications images with Armbian Linux v6.1

Build Date: Aug 18, 2024

Based on Rockchip BSP. This kernel is newer than the legacy kernel v5.10.y and works stable too.
Distro Application Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Home Assistant SHA    ASC 303.7 MB
Debian Testing (Trixie) Kali Linux SHA    ASC 500.1 MB
Debian 12 (Bookworm) OpenHab SHA    ASC 1 GB
 
* 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

Rockchip RK3588

* 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 images with Armbian Linux v6.1

Build Date: Oct 11, 2024

Distro Variant User space Kernel Torrent Integrity Size
 
Debian 12 (Bookworm) Gnome MESA / VPU stable 6.1.75 SHA  ASC 1.3 GB
Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular) Minimal / IOT stable 6.1.75 SHA  ASC 291.5 MB
Debian Testing (Trixie) Minimal / IOT stable 6.1.75 SHA  ASC 296.9 MB


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!