Pinebook Software Releases
Linux Image Releases
Special thanks to Sunxi community, ayufan, and longsleep for their contributions.
Below you will find useful links to various resources and forum threads:
Xenial Mate eMMC
Xenial Mate Community Build Image [0.6.2-77 eMMC to SDCard] by ayufan
- This is the default OS comes with Pinebook
- Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors.
- ayufan Linux Build GitHub
- This is SDCard install to eMMC version. Please follow bootup screen to complete eMMC installation process
- Included Mate Desktop, Firebox Browser, and LibreOffice Suite.
- Not yet optimize for Graphic and Video HW acceleration.
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above):
- Direct download from pine64.org
- MD5 (GZip file):
- File Size:
- Direct download from pine64.org
- Login with
- username: pine64
- password: pine64
Xenial Mate
Xenial Mate Community Build Image [0.6.2-77 SDCard Boot] by ayufan
- Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors.
- ayufan Linux Build GitHub
- This is SDCard install to eMMC version. Please follow bootup screen to complete eMMC installation process
- Included Mate Desktop, Firebox Browser, and LibreOffice Suite.
- Not yet optimize for Graphic and Video HW acceleration.
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above):
- Direct download from GitHub
- MD5 (GZip file):
- File Size:
- Direct download from GitHub
- Login with
- username: pine64
- password: pine64
Xenial Minimal Image
Xenial Minimal Image [0.6.2-77] by ayufan
- This is the latest Xenial 16.04 image provided by ayufan based on longsleep base image. NB. This is a base image and doesn't come with a DE.
- Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors.
- ayufan's Linux Build GitHub.
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
- Direct download from GitHub
- MD5 (XZ file):
- File Size:
- Direct download from GitHub
- Login with
- username: pine64
- password: pine64
- Execute sudo /usr/local/sbin/resize_rootfs.sh script to resize the root partition in order to fully utilize the SD Card.
- To update to the newest uboot, kernel and fixes use scripts found in /usr/local/sbin/
- Install Mate DE using: sudo /usr/local/sbin/install_desktop.sh
Armbian
Armbian
- Armbian provides a build system and images for Debian/Xenial with BSP kernel and mainline kernel (beta).
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
- Login with
- username: root
- password: 1234
- To find out more about Armbian and available options please visit their site.
Q4OS eMMC
Q4OS [1806]
- Q4OS is advertised as a 'fast and powerful operating system based on the latest technologies while offering highly productive desktop environment'.
- To learn more please visit the forum or official Q4OS website.
- This is SDCard install to eMMC version. Please follow bootup screen to complete eMMC installation process
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
- Download from SourceForge
- Direct download from pine64.org
- MD5 (Zip file): A2996944F085001C27F7F1B2EA4E55C7
- File Size: 497MB
- login with:
- username: adminq
- password: adminq
i3
Community Build Xenial i3 Linux [0.6.2-77]
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
- Direct download from pine64.org
- MD5 (Zip file): 11D8F75BE9A1B337A27041A9EE7B55A6
- File Size: 1.06GB
- Direct download from pine64.org
- Login with
- Username: pine64
- Password: pine64
Android Image Releases
Android 7.x
Android 7.1 Community Build Image [v0.3.10-r66]
- Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors.
- ayufan Android 7.1 GitHub
- Please use good random IO access performance microSD card such as Samsung EVO when try out Android 7.1.
- DD images (advise 4GB microSD card and above):
- Android 7.1 ver 0.3.10 build 66 Direct download from GitHub
- MD5 (GZip file): 7F23D46C968658686844753099E079E1
- File Size: 802MB
- Android 7.1 ver 0.3.10 build 66 Direct download from GitHub
- Please allows some time (around 5 minutes) for the initialization process on 1st boot.
Android 6.x Stock Image [20170605] eMMC
=== Android 6.0.1 (Pinebook SDcard Boot) [20170605] ===
- Rootable build, online update (OTA) only work when the build still not root.
- LCD resolution is 1366 x 768
- Rooted DD images:
- DD images (advise 4GB microSD card and above):
- Direct download from pine64.org
- MD5 (GZip file): C99BF459C6724BA73F12C532E87A8BA5
- File Size: 776MB
- Direct download from pine64.org
Bliss OS
Bliss OS [20170919]
- An Open-Source OS, based on Android, for phones, tablets & PCs.
- Multi-Windows Android Build
- You can visit the Bliss OS website here.
- This version build suitable for Pinebook.
- DD images:
- Direct download from blissroms.com
- MD5 (GZip file): 6B5BC28D69D575BA5448AD8081A0D356
- File Size: 921MB
- Direct download from blissroms.com
- Use the Taskbar launcher for Desktop mode UI.
Linux BSP SDK
Linux BSP [3.0]
- Direct Download from pine64.org
- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 898ACF446851DF3BE7B643F62CE3CE84
- File Size: 4.18GB
Linux BSP [2.0], kernel [v3.10], with GPL compliance header
- Direct Download from pine64.org
- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 2EE11C9AED246C17995493F213A6A6DA
- File Size: 6.41GB
Android SDK
Android Nougat [v7.0]
- Direct Download from pine64.org
- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 5D23D65BC1AA32B9048F62A4176BD9B3
- File Size: 22.60GB
Android Marshmallow [v6.0]
- Direct Download from pine64.org
- MD5 (Zip file): 12362D0B63EBF29FC363A50A942346D5
- File Size: 12.17GB
Mali-400 64-bit Driver
Mali-400 64-bit Driver [20160622]
Other Tools
- Allwinner PhoenixCard Bootable SD-Card Creator
- Allwinner DragonFace V2.2.5 software that will let you edit and modify A64 Android Build PhoenixCard image
Checking microSD Card Performance and whether it is Counterfeit
This will help you to determine if the SD-Card is Counterfeit Drive or not.