Pinebook Software Releases
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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 [microSD to eMMC] [0.6.2-77] by ayufan
- This is the default OS comes with Pinebook
- Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors
- This is microSD 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):
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- MD5 (GZip file): A945FA7E0E40EB6109C530D9815C20A3
- File Size: 1.3GB
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- Login with
- username: pine64
- password: pine64
Xenial Mate
Xenial Mate Community Build Image [microSD Boot] by ayufan
- Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors
- 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):
- Login with
- username: pine64
- password: pine64
Xenial Minimal Image
Xenial Minimal Community Build Image [microSD Boot] 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
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
- 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
KDE Neon Image
KDE Neon Community Build Image [microSD Boot]
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
- Login with
- username: live
- password: live
Armbian
Armbian Bionic [microSD / eMMC Boot] [5.83]
- 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.
Armbian Xenial [microSD / eMMC Boot] [5.65]
- 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.
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):
- 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
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 micoSD card and above)
- login with:
- username: adminq
- password: adminq
i3
i3 Community Build Image [microSD Boot] by ayufan
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
- Login with
- Username: pine64
- Password: pine64
Netrunner
Netrunner [20180417] [microSD Boot]
- You can visit the Netrunner website here
- DD image:
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 micoSD card and above)
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- MD5 (GZip file): A52A7692C1690F342685451527343E6B
- File Size: 2.62GB
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- 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.
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- MD5 (GZip file): 1EE68EFF94C6CDB8DFAD573195FC3F2B
- File Size: 2.63GB
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- Login with
- username: aosc
- password: anthon
AOSC Community Build Image [microSD Boot] [20180616]
- To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
- This is a minimal build and comes without a desktop environment
- DD image (for 8GB micoSD card and above)
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- MD5 (GZip file): 616927BDE340FBB73969BD0BE396975A
- File Size: 462MB
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- Login with
- username: aosc
- password: anthon
AOSC Community Build Image [eMMC Boot] [20180617]
- To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website
- This is a minimal build and comes without a desktop environment
- DD image to eMMC module using USB adapter for eMMC module.
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- MD5 (GZip file): 792E689EF6014DECC4DBAF182A867D0D
- File Size: 472MB
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- 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 (XZ file): fe37cf96b1112b0e37d0ca504346e461
- size: 233MB
- Login with
- username: root
- password: dietpi
Manjaro ARM
Manjaro KDE ARM Community Build Image [microSD Boot] [19.02]
- To learn more about Manjaro please visit Manjaro Forum
- DD image to microSD card or eMMC module. Highly recommend using Etcher
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- MD5 (GZip file): 38e1d20e231c166b6469aa5e012ec583
- size: 1.01GB
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- Console and SSH default login:
- username: manjaro
- password: manjaro
Manjaro LXQT ARM Community Build Image [microSD Boot] [19.02]
- To learn more about Manjaro please visit Manjaro Forum
- DD image to microSD card or eMMC module. Highly recommend using Etcher
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- MD5 (GZip file): ad82e199debb723d78b4b2587c319036
- size: 783MB
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- Console and SSH default login:
- username: manjaro
- password: manjaro
RISC_OS
RISC OS Community Build Image [microSD Boot] [19.02]
- To learn more about RISC OS please visit RISC OS website
- DD image to microSD card or eMMC module. Highly recommend using Etcher
- Direct download from pine64.org
- MD5 (GZip file): 4BE5698516FAF8420AEA34A422C20991
- size: 50MB
- Direct download from pine64.org
Android Image Releases
Android 7.x
Android 7.1 Community Build Image [microSD Boot] by ayufan
- Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors
- Please use good random IO access performance microSD card such as Samsung EVO when try out Android 7.1
- DD image (advise 4GB microSD card and above):
- Please allows some time (around 5 minutes) for the initialization process on 1st boot
Android 6.x eMMC
Android 6.0.1 Stock Image [microSD to eMMC] [20170605]
- Rootable build, online update (OTA) only work when the build still not root
- LCD resolution is 1366 x 768
- Rooted DD image (advise 4GB microSD card and above):
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- MD5 (GZip file): C99BF459C6724BA73F12C532E87A8BA5
- File Size: 776MB
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Bliss OS
Bliss OS [20170919] [microSD Boot]
- An Open-Source OS, based on Android, for phones, tablets & PCs.
- Multi-Windows Android Build
- You can visit the Bliss OS website here
- DD image:
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- MD5 (GZip file): 6B5BC28D69D575BA5448AD8081A0D356
- File Size: 943MB
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- Use the Taskbar launcher for Desktop mode UI
Linux BSP SDK
Linux BSP [4.0]
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- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 802D7C92D27177CBD17567359F9845A7
- File Size: 4.67GB
Linux BSP [3.0]
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- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 898ACF446851DF3BE7B643F62CE3CE84
- File Size: 4.18GB
Linux BSP [2.0], kernel [v3.10], with GPL compliance header
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- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 2EE11C9AED246C17995493F213A6A6DA
- File Size: 6.41GB
Android SDK
Android Oreo [v8.1]
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- MD5 (TAR-Gzip file): 7E73672FE84F8CD099264D640E107EA3
- File Size: 28.87.95GB
Android Nougat [v7.0]
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- MD5 (TAR-GZip file): 5D23D65BC1AA32B9048F62A4176BD9B3
- File Size: 22.60GB
Android Marshmallow [v6.0]
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- 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