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Description There are many sound outputs on rock5b with the same name. This udev rule will differentiate them. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Desktop image built success [x] Audio output name changes in gnome sound setting. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have bee…

When you work on a piece of software, you usually want to be able to build and test it manually on your local system, but without compromising your system or destabilizing the distribution provided software. View the full article

As we begin winding down 2019, it's time to take a moment to celebrate the new Collaborans who joined our various engineering and administrative teams in Q2 & Q3 this year! View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.233. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Build train breaks. Todo: move back once / if fixed Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Maint. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patches applies well View the full article

small batch of lib fixes (mid+/April'23) Fixing the last batch. Some stupid mistakes. revert: run kernel make through pipetty for moar colors (breaks make menuconfig) - thanks @EvilOlaf artifacts: add git SHA1 sanity checking memoize-cached: add flock locking to run_memoized() to avoid error when run in parallel lib: shellfmt & fix gen-library to match artifact: rootfs: fix artifact_rootfs_config_dump() with added rootfs pkgs (should work now, I promise) View the full article

Description Applied series correctly How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [ ] Test A [ ] Test B Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Move executing check from the script. It breaks if script runs for beta and stable at the same machine. Which will be the case. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

From an introduction to Flatpak, to managing build infrastructure of a Debian derivative, to modern tools to debug GStreamer, Collaborans presented in six different developer rooms, as well as in the main track, at FOSDEM 2018. View the full article

Description Ability to collect correct kernel headers for a version greater than or equal to 5.19. These changes in the names of kernel configuration variables currently affect only arch/x86. Checklist: [x] Test build View the full article

The merge request has landed, the non-conformant implementation warnings are gone, and NVK's Meson configuration now reads "nouveau" instead of "nouveau-experimental". It's now time to start shipping NVK to users! View the full article

Description fixing links removing notes for old branch View the full article

Check out the April issue (#222) of Linux Format magazine for our new monthly column on all things Open Source, including graphics, multimedia and more! View the full article

Description systemctl reload-or-restart ssh prevents botching job if sshd is started by socket How Has This Been Tested? Quite harmless change which broadens systemctl tolerance towards services, no negative impacts expected Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

rockchip64 + rk3568-odroid / edge 6.6: update montjoie's rk crypto v2 patches to crypto-rk3588-03-10-2023 rockchip64 + rk3568-odroid / edge 6.6: update montjoie's rk crypto v2 patches to crypto-rk3588-03-10-2023 View the full article

Description Status change for build target. How Has This Been Tested? Status change, no need for testing. Checklist: [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

linux 6.7.y support Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

repo: split image apt .list deployment into image-early and image-late repo: split image apt .list deployment into image-early and image-late split image apt .list deployment into image-early (after rootfs extract, before building) and image-late (after building) rationale: having the repo enabled during the image build can cause 'apt upgrade' and others to do inconsistent stuff depending on the (possibly random) state of the repo View the full article

When developing an application or a library, it is very common to want to run it without installing it, or to install it into a custom prefix rather than on the system. Here's how Meson can help with that. View the full article

Description I thought edge would carry the fixes forward, missed 6.4 folder. How Has This Been Tested? Carryover from 6.3 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description meson: edge: Bump to v6.6 How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [X] Build [X] Burn and test Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description armbian.list generated two times on every build: when==image-early and when==image-late If when==image-early armbian.list renamed to armbian.list.disabled and this file goes to image. https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/6086 Jira reference number AR-2007 How Has This Been Tested? [X] Rebuild image, armbian.list.disabled disappears Checklist: [X] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [X] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [X] Any dependent changes have been m…

Collabora will be exhibiting at IBC 2016, the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide. View the full article

sunxi/sunxi64 edge 6.5.y: rebase/rewrite all patches for v6.5.5; fix UTF-8 "From:" encoding sunxi/sunxi64 edge 6.5.y: rebase/rewrite all patches for v6.5.5; fix UTF-8 "From:" encoding View the full article

Description https://forum.armbian.com/topic/24832-rock4c-nvme-btrfs-installation/#comment-154588 Jira reference number AR-1412 View the full article

Description Removed Allwinner spi patch for u-boot. It was upstreamed in 2018 and is currently available as SPI_SUNXI config option in u-boot. Also it looks like driver added by the removed patch was never enabled for any of the boards. Hence removing it also doesn't makes any difference for that reason either. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream module…

Description If the argument for the key is a long path like /home/user/tmp/test or a non-existent device, then an awk script error and incorrect data or nonsense is printed on the screen. Split Pull Request [#4691] Checklist: [x] Test on board View the full article

patching: accept a sha1 in BASE_GIT_TAG (as well as branch or tag) patching: accept a sha1 in BASE_GIT_TAG (as well as branch or tag) just for convenience View the full article

Here at Collabora, we trust our people to work remotely, we give them full responsibility for their output, and we believe it helps creating an even stronger internal culture and comes with some other positives. View the full article

I recently went to XDC 2019, where I gave yet another talk about Zink. I kinda forgot to write a blog-post about it, so here’s me trying to make up for it… or something like that. I’ll also go into some more recent developments as well. View the full article

Description Adaptation of @the-going import and closing https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/5268 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

For projects of any value and significance, having a comprehensive automated test suite is nowadays considered a standard software engineering practice. Why, then, don't we see more prominent FOSS projects employing this practice? View the full article

In late January 1998, Netscape surprised everyone by releasing the source for Communicator, its web browser, making it readily available to all. The marked a turning point, and the birth of a new term, in software development: Open Source. View the full article

partitioning: declare global readonly ROOT_PART_UUID for later hooks partitioning: declare global readonly ROOT_PART_UUID for later hooks re-use local root_part_uuid instead of running blkid multiple times View the full article

odroidn2l: bump to u-boot v2023.10; boot-usb-first patch now only in board folder odroidn2l: bump to u-boot v2023.10; boot-usb-first patch now only in board folder with this, there are no more boards with v2023.07 View the full article

We're headed to Brussels, Belgium for FOSDEM 2017, the two-day event organized by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and open source software. View the full article

Description It seem like that all of these package are useless. Remove them. Then, I will put armbian-zsh, armbian-config and plymouth-theme-armbian here. So we don't need to build them every time. How Has This Been Tested? No test. This should effect nothing. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description #5007 Support unmbers in username. But don't make sure that the first charactor of username isn't number. So let's fix it. How Has This Been Tested? [ ] Manual grep Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [X] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Simple calculator is must have desktop utility. Jira reference number AR-1834 How Has This Been Tested? Adding simple package which seems to be present everywhere. Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description #5114 The uboot targets are declared twice, which is strange. And no need to build uboot.dtb. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [x] Build for rockpro64 success: https://paste.next.armbian.com/okogutizaw Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and pub…

/bin/bash doesn't exists on Nix-like Operating systems + it's malpractice to hardcode binary path as it will depend on file system hierarchy This solution replaces that to use environment for binaries + adds option to change Bash binary during runtime through using BASH variable View the full article

config/boards: fix some missing quotes / maintainers config/boards: fix some missing quotes / maintainers View the full article

wsl2: arm64: current: DRM/FB stuff so wsl2-arm64 can be used in HyperV with video & keyboard wsl2: arm64: current: DRM/FB stuff so wsl2-arm64 can be used in HyperV with video & keyboard wsl2: arm64: current: EFI pstore / keyboard View the full article

Description Divide kernel config ownership more precise. Jira reference number AR-1435 View the full article

Following our recent presentation at OSSummit, many showed interest in learning more about solving real-world problems with computer vision. Here is a new blog series, on computer vision, object detection, and building a system on the edge. View the full article

Earlier this year, we announced a new project with Microsoft: the implementation of OpenCL & OpenGL to DirectX translation layers. Here's the latest on this work, including the steps taken to improve the performance of the OpenGL-On-D3D12 driver. View the full article

This fixes #4483 View the full article

Description Bluetooth on PBP is currently broken and this might fix it. No hw to test but: https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4608#issuecomment-1364484639 View the full article

Description There are many changes in this file and its impossible to cover this with a patch for now current and all kernels back We are using same hack in UWE drivers. This fixes compilation breaking for kernel 6.7.y How Has This Been Tested? [x] Patch test [ ] Build test View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.256. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week in Armbian development saw significant advancements across kernel, firmware, and build targets. The release of 6.18.y kernel UEFI images marks a major update, alongside expanded desktop build options including Cinnamon and KDE Neon for UEFI systems. Notable board support enhancements include the addition of custom build targets for Amlogic TV Boxes, the Raspberry Pi Zero 2W as a virtual board, and improved support for Orange Pi 3 LTS and Odroid M2 devices. Automation improvements streamline inventory rebuilds and board data management, while new features such as Armbian board auto-detection and browser enablement for Riscv64 boards enhance usability. Several bug…

Earlier this year, I joined Collabora as an intern to work on improving testing in libcamera and automating it through KernelCI. Having recently completed the internship, here's a look back at this experience and what was accomplished. View the full article

A few weeks ago, Ryan Pavlik presented "Unifying Reality: Building Experiences with OpenXR", a master class on OpenXR, the open standard API for building VR and AR experiences that work across devices, now and into the future. View the full article

Update maintainers synched from the database View the full article

Description Lets ship currently latest with and install it when we build distros that needs it. Installs latest deboostrap scripts to the host if we choose to build something that is not supported by default. Jira reference number AR-2090 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Manually running it Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Maintenance. View the full article

BananaPi M2S: u-boot 22.10; remove patch from 22.07 @jeanrhum (in the original https://github.com/armbian/build/pull/4597) had the patch for both versions, here I hard switch to 22.10 (which also has boot-first-from-nvme-usb-sata patch for meson64) and remove the 22.07 patch. View the full article

Description The lm75 sensor was defined in the dts as "onnn,lm75". Set it to "national,lm75" as is set in the upstream dts. (there is no such thing as "onnn,lm75"). Later on (or maybe I should include it there) we should remove the lm75 module from MODULES and MODULES8lEGACY in config/boards/helios64.csc, as the DTS already loads it. (which makes me think "onnn,lm75" as a DTS node never was recognized by a kernel, thus the need to explicitly load lm75). How Has This Been Tested? [x] remove lm57 from the config (I believe it was /etc/modules but is long gone) and reboot with new dts Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have perform…

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 6.1.80. How Has This Been Tested? Reboot of my Odroid HC1. Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Nestled in the historic city of Nuremberg, the annual Embedded World conference will be taking place from March 14 to 16. Collabora will be set up in Hall 4, Booth 4-404, with plenty of space to connect and multiple demos to showcase View the full article

August ends on a high note with two virtual events this week: DebConf20, Debian's annual conference, and Linux Plumbers Conference, the premier event for developers working at all levels of the Linux kernel's plumbing layer and beyond. View the full article

Description Update to the latest v6.4 kernel when using "edge" on K3 family devices How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on SK-TDA4VM, SK-AM62B, and SK-AM64B boards Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Le potato mainline vendor asound.state to fix analog out issues View the full article

Description There is a 6.6 kernel available from hardkernel: https://forum.odroid.com/viewforum.php?f=226. Start migrating from 6.1to it. How Has This Been Tested? Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ ] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Some has this package dependency, some not. This makes sure that PPA is always installed. Jira reference number AR-1405 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Test build Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

This week's work centers on board portfolio expansion, kernel and U-Boot version bumps, and CI and infrastructure hardening across the build and documentation pipelines. Board support saw notable growth with the introduction of the SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX and Luckfox Nova (RK3308B), alongside a new generic uefi-arm64-dt family and board intended to standardize UEFI device-tree targets. Qualcomm enablement advanced through Radxa Dragon Q6A and Q8B work, including UFS provisioning for Kodiak, EDL-based UFS flashing in the imager, and audioreach topology firmware for sc8280xp. Catalog assets were extended for the MaaXBoard 8ULP, Mellow Fly C5, Xiaomi Sheng, and the new Radxa an…

Description sunxi-6.1: update upstream to tag orange-pi-6.1-20230118-1327 sunxi-5.15: rebase Checklist: [x] Test build sunxi [x] Test build sunxi64, work on board banabapi-m64 ____ ____ _ __ __ __ _ _ | __ )| _ \(_) | \/ |/ /_ | || | | _ \| |_) | | | |\/| | '_ \| || |_ | |_) | __/| | | | | | (_) |__ _| |____/|_| |_| |_| |_|\___/ |_| Welcome to Armbian 23.02.0-trunk Jammy with Linux 5.15.90-sunxi64 View the full article

Collabora's main testing laboratory has grown to automate testing on over 150 devices of about 30 different types. The lab receives job submissions from several CI systems, e.g. KernelCI, MesaCI, and Apertis QA. View the full article

Description Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please also include relevant motivation and context. List any dependencies that are required for this change. Jira reference number [AR-9999] How Has This Been Tested? Before this change, it randomly got the incorrect dram size on booting: When applying this change, it always gets the correct dram size: Checklist: [ *] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ *] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [ *] My changes generate no new warnings […

Description Our Docker images generation logic will be tied to those values and we anyway don’t want to generate Focal or Buster Docker images anymore. Jira reference number AR-1495 How Has This Been Tested? No need, as we only change statuses. View the full article

Mark as deprecated. View the full article

Description rk322x proved to work well with kernel 6.1, so move current flavour to it How Has This Been Tested? [x] Tested on a live system Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

The 2017 X.Org Developer's Conference kicks off today in Mountain View, California, and along with Collaborans attending & presenting, we're delighted to announce the first ever Collabora XDC Happy Hour! View the full article

Following three days at ELCE, Collaborans are continuing their stay in the capital of France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to take part the annual GStreamer Conference, as well as the Automated Testing Summit. View the full article

Looks like this got missed when removing KERNEL_ONLY. Having it here in the first example causes that example to fail, Remove it. [x] Test build with KERNEL_ONLY fails [x] Test build without KERNEL_ONLY passes Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings View the full article

Description Reported by mboehmer on the forums Kernel update made direct spidev in dts an error rather than warning, this patch didn't get updated post-break. Use "armbian,spi-dev" compatible defined in another patch. How Has This Been Tested? Builds OK Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description Switch CURRENT to 6.1.y and remove older patches Jira reference number AR-1484 How Has This Been Tested? [x] Build test View the full article

docker launcher: don't lose track of the wanted host_release when setting using Armbian base image docker launcher: don't lose track of the wanted host_release when setting using Armbian base image host_release (wanted_release_tag) was being re-computed from DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE DOCKER_ARMBIAN_BASE_IMAGE might have been changed from ":" if DOCKERFILE_USE_ARMBIAN_IMAGE_AS_BASE != no that would cause host_release to be "armbian-ubuntu-lunar-latest", not "lunar" which would cause python2/python2-dev to be installed, which would cause Dockerfile build to fail View the full article

fix dir patch media edge View the full article

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argument list too long detected by @amazingfate also is in general a bit leaky, people are developing and changes "leak" into logs with this same info could be better obtained by consolidating the logs (docker/build) into a single one later View the full article

Description Just a board status change. View the full article

Contrary to traditional software development, data is more important than code in machine learning. Building a high-performing model requires using reliable, precisely labelled data but poor-quality data is not always obvious. View the full article

Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter: your source for the latest developments, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes updates from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing. This week: the desktop installer in armbian-config has been rebuilt from the ground up tiered installs, clean uninstalls, and snap-free native browsers across all architectures. Armbian Imager 2.0 is out, rewritten interface and flashing engine, with boards that boot already configured (username, Wi-Fi, timezone) and byte-for-byte write verification. And the NanoPi M5 becomes the first RK3576 board to boot end-to-end from UFS on mainline U-Boot, with no proprietary image in the loop. …

Switch meson edge to 6.13 kernel Hdmi patches from xdarklight github repo View the full article

I think i've proven that my contributions to the documentation can be trusted and are helpful while reducing the processing time you two keep complaining about. CC @igorpecovnik @rpardini View the full article

This week’s Armbian development saw a wide range of improvements and fixes across the project’s build framework, kernel support, and device compatibility. Notable changes include the transition from POSIX to Bash syntax for enhanced script reliability, expanded support for new hardware such as the Norco-EMB-3531 board, and the addition of Vulkan and improved 3D package descriptions. Several device-specific updates were made, including kernel enhancements for sm8250, mainline support for SpacemiT, and fixes for wireless and HDMI functionality on various boards. The team also introduced new features like a cache manager modal in the imager and improved marking for container…

The annual X.Org Developer's Conference returns to Toronto September 28-30, and as a Gold Sponsor, Collabora's graphics team will present six talks and a workshop spanning Vulkan and Open Source GPU drivers. View the full article

In Debian and derivative systems, there are many ways to build images. The simplest tool of choice is often debootstrap. It works by downloading the .deb files from a mirror and unpacking them into a directory which can eventually be chrooted into. View the full article

This week’s Armbian development saw significant progress across multiple areas, including desktop environment enhancements, kernel updates, and expanded hardware support. Notable changes include the addition of GNOME desktop options, improvements to XFCE organization, and updates to U-Boot for several boards. The team introduced new board images and logos, refined Docker automation and documentation, and standardized numerous software modules for better maintainability. Kernel advancements featured bumps to 6.19-rc8, integration of ZFS v2.4.0, and targeted fixes for Rockchip and Odroid platforms. Community governance and build processes were also strengthened, alongside t…

AI development is shifting from implementing models from scratch to composing powerful capabilities via APIs, enabling developers to integrate speech recognition, language models, and tool execution into useful applications with far less effort. View the full article

Description Bug fixes for Action scripts. View the full article

Description Update odroidxu4-current kernel to 5.4.253. How Has This Been Tested? [x] Reboot of my Odroid HC1 Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

Description As per subject, plus kernel configs have been updated and enabled rtl8xxx untested wifi chips How Has This Been Tested? [x] Kernel patches apply with current kernel [x] Kernel patches apply with edge kernel Checklist: [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [x] I have performed a self-review of my own code [x] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [x] My changes generate no new warnings [x] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

initrd: when cache hit, don't preserve perms during deploy, otherwise FAT32 /boot gags AR-1715 View the full article

Description Devfreq governors compiled as modules are not be loaded automatically. When we need, for example, powersave governor for sun8i-a33-mbus, we must add it to modprobe autoload config. It is not comfortable. Also, I don't see any reason why governors must be modules. How Has This Been Tested? Please describe the tests that you ran to verify your changes. Please also note any relevant details for your test configuration. [*] Tested on OrangePI Lite Checklist: [*] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [*] I have performed a self-review of my own code [*] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [*] I have made corresp…

All patches apply and resolves issue: https://github.com/armbian/build/issues/5357 Jira reference number AR-1785 [ ] My code follows the style guidelines of this project [ ] I have performed a self-review of my own code [ ] I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation [X] My changes generate no new warnings [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules View the full article

http://blog.armbian.com/content/images/2025/12/holiday1-1.pngFrom major kernel milestones to expanding our support for the latest ARM and RISC-V hardware, 2025 has been a year of growth and grit for Armbian. As we wrap up the final commits of the year, we’re looking back with gratitude at how far this project has come. The holiday season is our favorite time to reflect on the power of open source - where a global community comes together to make hardware work better for everyone. Thank you for being part of our story this year. Happy Holiday Hacking! …

Hello Armbian community! Here's a summary of the key developments and improvements in the Armbian project from July 20th to July 27th, 2025. HighlightsNew board support for MediaTek Filogic: Added initial community support for the MediaTek Filogic device, specifically the BananaPi R4 Router, expanding Armbian's reach to new and powerful networking hardware.add community support for MediaTek Filogic device (BananaPi R4 Router) (#8407)New featuresSMART AM40: Added PHY LED configuration.SMART AM40: add PHY LED configuration (#8431)Rock-5C: Enabled thermal sensors for the current kernel.rock-5c: Enable thermal sensors for current (#8430)LCKFB-Taishanpi: Updated U-Boot patches…