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:

Sunxi Pinebook Page

Manjaro ARM

To learn more about Manjaro please visit Manjaro Forum
DD image to microSD card or eMMC module. Highly recommend using Etcher
Console and SSH default login:
- username: manjaro
- password: manjaro
All maintained flavors - direct download from osdn.net

Manjaro KDE Plasma ARM Community Build Image [microSD to eMMC Boot and microSD / eMMC Boot]

This is microSD boot and install to eMMC version. Please follow bootup screen to complete eMMC installation process
Please using this method to refrssh the Pinebook eMMC flash to Manjaro KDE Plasma build
Direct download from osdn.net

Manjaro I3 ARM Community Build Image [microSD / eMMC Boot]

Direct download from osdn.net

Manjaro XFCE ARM Community Build Image [microSD / eMMC Boot]

Direct download from osdn.net

KDE Neon Image

KDE Neon Community Build Image [microSD and eMMC Boot]

DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
- Direct download latest release build from KDE Neon 1080P Pinebook

Factory Restore KDE Neon Community Build Image [microSD to eMMC] [20181028]

DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
- Direct download from pine64.org
  - MD5 (GZip file): D3C65FB812E125445C2EEA37FA99965F
  - File Size: 1.66GB
- Default Login (changed after 1st installation setup) with
  - username: live
  - password: live

Armbian

Armbian Xenial [microSD / eMMC Boot] [5.67]

Armbian provides a build system and images for Debian/Xenial with BSP kernel and mainline kernel (beta)
DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
- Pinebook Armbian download mirrors
Login with
- username: root
- password: 1234
To find out more about Armbian and available options please visit their site.

Arch Linux mainline XFCE

Arch Linux mainline with XFCE GUI by anarsoul

Included XFCE Desktop, and Firefox browser
DD image (for 8GB and above SD Card):
- Direct download latest release build from anarsoul github and look for archlinux-xfce-pinebook-xxxxxxxx-x.img.xz
Login with
- User Name: alarm, Password: alarm
- User Name: root, Password: root
please login root and execute "pacman -Syu" for latest update
Standby feature not yet implememnted

* From SSH Login default disable root to access . So please first login alarm after command su password root to switch root

KALI

KALI Build Image by Defensive Security [microSD / eMMC Boot] [2020.2]

To learn more, please visit the official KALI by Defensive Security website
DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
- Direct download from Defensive Security
  - MD5 (XZ file): 7E3643730D2D287A3726B641A6DA177C
  - File Size: 686MB
Login with
- username: kali
- password: kali

/e/

/e/OS Community Build Image p [microSD and eMMC Boot] [20190926]

To learn more about /e/OS, please visit the official website
Please check out this article on the Pinebook /e/ build.
For thread diiscussion please visit the PINE64 forum
DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
- Direct download from pine64.org
  - MD5 (GZip file): 4DC46A4E3ED2B47F4830E96DFCBBC6D8
  - File Size: 685MB

AOSC

AOSC Community Build Image with Mate Desktop [microSD Boot] [20181016]

To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
Known issue: no audio sound output.
DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
- Direct download from pine64.org
  - MD5 (GZip file): A52A7692C1690F342685451527343E6B
  - File Size: 2.62GB
Login with
- username: aosc
- password: anthon

AOSC Community Build Image with Mate Desktop [eMMC Boot] [20181016]

To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
Known issue: no audio sound output.
DD image to eMMC module using USB adapter for eMMC module.
- Direct download from pine64.org
  - MD5 (GZip file): 1EE68EFF94C6CDB8DFAD573195FC3F2B
  - File Size: 2.63GB
Login with
- username: aosc
- password: anthon

DietPi

DietPi Community Build Image [microSD boot]

Forum thread concerning this release can be found here

DD image to microSD card module and boot. Highly recommend using Etcher
- Direct download from DietPi website
- MD5 (7z file): 855379ee8434203c590a2b35c5690e15
- size: 119MB
Login with
- username: root
- password: dietpi

NetBSD

NetBSD Community Build Image [microSD Boot]

To learn more about NetBSD please visit NetBSD main page
DD image to microSD card or eMMC module. Highly recommend using Etcher
- Direct download latest release build from NetBSD by select 64bit - Pinebook
- size: 345MB
Console and SSH default login:
- username: root
- password: [none]
Instructions concerning enabling SSH can be found here

OpenBSD

https://files.pine64.org/sw/pine64_installer/json/openbsd.jpg

OpenBSD 6.6-snapshot, Community Build Image (FVWM2 WM)

To learn more about OpenBSD please visit OpenBSD main page
DD image to microSD card or eMMC module (at least 8GB). Highly recommend using Etcher
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/79hpdpehrbbk984/pinebook-2019-11-04.img.tgz.sha256?dl=0 (sha256)
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/yas1glfvvucb9a0/pinebook-2019-11-04.img.tgz?dl=0 (image)
- compressed size: 3.6GB
Console and SSH default login:
- username: pine64
- username: pine64
- root password: pine64
If you need more information please ping: https://forum.pine64.org/member.php?action=profile&uid=12423

Q4OS

Q4OS Community Build Image [microSD Boot]

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
DD image (for 8GB microSD card and above)
- Direct download latest release build from SourceForge and look for q4os-x.x-pinebook1080p.xx.zip
login with:
- username: adminq
- password: adminq

Android 6.0

Android 6.0.1 Stock Image [microSD to eMMC] [20181001]

Rootable build
LCD resolution is 1920 x1080
Rooted DD image (advise 4GB microSD card and above):
- Direct download from pine64.org
  - MD5 (GZip file): E433A148CEBD743EADE6CAA765331A4B
  - File Size: 595MB

Android 6.0.1 Stock Image [microSD boot] [20181001]

Rootable build
LCD resolution is 1920 x1080
Please use high performance microSD card for Android boot which request frequent random read access.
Please ignore warning message regarding SD corrupted on home screen upper left corner
DD images:
- For 8GB microSD Card
  - Direct download from pine64.org
    - MD5 (GZip file): CD27DF6083E6A4A5E7C8B986EB92FAA7
    - File Size: 553MB
- For 16GB microSD Card
  - Direct download from pine64.org
    - MD5 (GZip file): 1376AAE8382E96FD7B45B0998A5CD6E9
    - File Size: 703MB
- For 32GB microSD Card
  - Direct download from pine64.org
    - MD5 (GZip file): B54E7F323B316750654E385B078AEC58
    - File Size: 867MB
- For 64GB microSD Card
  - Direct download from pine64.org
    - MD5 (GZip file): C8DBC6293EB51E58F91E27364C8C587D
    - File Size: 734MB

Debian

Debian Netboot Installer

Forum thread: "Stock Debian on original Pinebook"
Debian concatenateable installer images
- Readme provides info about concatenating firmware.pinebook.img.gz + partition.img.gz to create a bootable installer image.
Installer offers automatic partioning and full-disk encryption (LUKS), but only manual partitioning with a single ext4 partition has been confirmed to work.
Bootloader must be installed separately after installation, before rebooting.
WiFi driver kernel module must be provided during installation, or a USB network adapter used. (Android USB tethering works, with network driver rndis_host).
See also: Debian Netboot installer on Pinebook Pro

Linux BSP SDK

Linux BSP [4.0]

Direct Download from pine64.org
- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 802D7C92D27177CBD17567359F9845A7
- File Size: 4.67GB

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 Oreo [v8.1]

Direct Download from pine64.org
- MD5 (TAR-Gzip file): 7E73672FE84F8CD099264D640E107EA3
- File Size: 28.87.95GB

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]

Mali 64-bit Driver Download

Other Tools

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1080P Pinebook Software Releases