SOQuartz Software Releases

This page contains a list of all available operating systems for the SOQuartz.

DietPi support with Debian/Bullseye

Info and downloads: https://dietpi.com/docs/hardware/#pine64

James Chambers did a soquartz review, and recommends the Armbian build from above.

• https://jamesachambers.com/pine64-soquartz-cm4-alternative-review/

Manjaro ARM

Manjaro ARM is a user friendly rolling release distribution, based on Arch Linux ARM.

• Images for SOQuartz on GitHub

WiFI, Bluetooth, Ethernet, HDMI USB etc. works, others are not tested.

Currently the image is built for Raspberry Pi CM4 - IO board, so to get it working with other base board like pine64 Soquartz model A base board then follow this steps

• Flash the image to a SD card/ EMMC.
• Go to Boot partition.
• Then change the DTB listed in /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf to -model-a.dtb instead of -cm4.dtb.
• Now put the SD card/ EMMC to the preferred base board and boot.
• First boot will take time as the user partition will resize to take whole storage size.

For headless installation, simply enter "root" at the login: prompt and complete setup.

Plebian

Plebian stands for PINE64 Live Debian and aims to be a fairly vanilla live Debian image for Quartz64 and SOQuartz devices, based on Debian Bookworm. It supports both of PINE64's officially released SOQuartz base boards.

• Download Release Images
• Read The Instructions
• Visit plebian.org to learn more

To flash, run (replace /dev/sdX with your target block device):

$ xzcat imagename.img.xz | sudo dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4M oflag=dsync status=progress

Check Plebian's flashing instructions for instructions on how to flash from e.g. Windows.

Some quick notes:

• You will be asked to change your password on first login (for what the default login is, read the instructions!)
• Root file system is grown to take up the entire space of your boot device
• NetworkManager is used instead of Debian's interfaces config to be more flexible with what adapters are plugged in and working
• An sshd is started on port 22 with freshly generated keys
• Please flash the correct image for your SOQuartz baseboard!