rockpro64
Standard support
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CLI

Armbian 23.11 Bookworm
Kernel 6.1, Size: 535Mb, Release date: Nov 30, 2023
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stable user space packages
desktop

Armbian 23.11 Bookworm Cinnamon
Kernel 6.1, Size: 1611Mb, Release date: Nov 30, 2023
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stable user space packages
  • UART is accessible on pin 6 (GND),8 (TX) and 10 (RX) and with unusual speed: 1500000
  • Enable video and 3D acceleration
  • flash the 128M SPI memory to also boot from USB or PXE (it if goes wrong, follow these instructions)
  • short-pressing (~1s) the power button turns the board on, long-pressing it (~3s) turns it off. If it gets stuck while halting, press the reset button. If it does not boot (ie the white led does not come up), reset, then power on.
  • if you experience USB3 storage lack of reliability (error messages followed by filesystem corruption), check your power supply, usb cable and connectors and disk/ssd. All these factors can lead to undervoltage issues (some ssd could produce power consumption spikes triggering undervoltage).

Other supported variants

User spaceInterfaceEUUSAAsiaTorrentKernelIntegritySizeRelease date
 
Armbian BookwormCLI 6.1SHA  ASC535MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian BookwormCinnamon desktop 6.1SHA  ASC1611MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian BookwormGnome desktop 6.1SHA  ASC1575MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian Bookworm Minimal CLI6.1SHA  ASC355MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian BookwormXFCE desktop 6.1SHA  ASC1524MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian JammyCLI 6.1SHA  ASC603MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian Jammyi3 desktop 6.1SHA  ASC1570MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian Jammy Minimal CLI6.1SHA  ASC277MbNov 30, 2023
 
* Looking for different or custom variant? Use Armbian build framework!
While we try best possible to test provided images flaws can happen. If you experience issues please report those. Until we're able to fix latest builds stick to older images from our archive.

Specifications

1000tx 2GB 4GB 6 core 64bit UASP docker eMMC i2c pci usb-c usb3 wifi wireguard RK3399 Rockchip

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

FAQs

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 without armbian-config, armbian-zsh, build-essentials, Python, DKMS, … If you are interested in detailed comparison, CLI images also have those packages:

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

 User spaceKernelTorrentIntegritySizeRelease date
 
Armbian Trixie minimal CLIrolling6.1.64SHA  ASC349MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian Mantic minimal CLIrolling6.1.64SHA  ASC276MbNov 30, 2023
Armbian Jammy XFCE desktop stable6.1.64SHA  ASC965MbNov 30, 2023


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!