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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    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 and SpacemiT boards.

    On the kernel and bootloader front, rockchip64, meson64, and rpi4b edge branches were promoted to the stable 7.1 series, with the rtl8192eu driver rebuilt and re-enabled against the new tree. U-Boot was refreshed on cm3588-nas, nanopik2-s905, and the Luckfox Nova, while updated DDR, BL31, and BL32 blobs landed for RK3528 and new SPL loaders were published for RV1103, RV1106, and RK3506. Targeted kernel-config work restored md/RAID modules on sunxi, enabled MIPI DBI panels on sunxi64, and added CPUFreq support for the SpacemiT K1.

    Infrastructure changes focused on resilience and resource control. The git-trees workflow gained bounded retries, escalating timeouts, and Google mirror fallbacks; Docker base-image pulls now retry transient GHCR failures and split host dependencies into per-group apt layers. Image compression caps xz memory and thread usage, the info-gatherer no longer exhausts file descriptors, and a new CI policy enforces transparent backgrounds and object-size limits for board and vendor logos, with offending assets re-cropped.

    #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #UBoot #Qualcomm #Rockchip

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    This week's work centers on kernel and board enablement, CI infrastructure and caching, and user-facing tooling improvements across the imager and configuration utilities.

    On the kernel and board front, Rockchip edge moved to 7.1 and mainline was bumped to 7.1-rc7, while the Raspberry Pi 4B legacy target was re-enabled after a brief revert of the BCM2711 kernel bumps. New board support landed for BeagleBadge and TMDS64EVM (AM64x) on the TI platform, the Anbernic RG DS RK3568 handheld as CSC, and the Youyeetoo YY3588 received a mainline DTS rework with ES8388 audio routing. Several long-standing fixes were merged, including a meson64 GPIO can_sleep regression breaking 1-Wire, JMicron JMB582/JMB585 32-bit DMA forcing, and QRB2210 U-Boot load address corrections.

    A substantial CI and caching effort introduces a new git_cdn module providing a GitHub caching git+http proxy, an apt-cacher-ng configng module, and multi-arch Docker images for both. GitHub Actions runners now export per-runner apt, ghcr, ccache, and proxy environments from the NetBox registry, with added retry guards, SSH/rsync timeouts, and workspace ownership reconciliation between jobs. The rootfs builder now routes mmdebstrap through APT_PROXY_ADDR when configured.

    User-facing changes focus on the Armbian Imager and first-run experience. The imager gained marquee scrolling for long board names, a "Create new profile" shortcut, accurate progress-phase reporting, and surfaced flash write failures in place of blank error screens. The first-login flow now runs automatically on freshly-flashed boards, and armbian-firstrun uses atomic writes for armbianEnv.txt MAC randomization to prevent corruption.

    #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #Rockchip #CICD #SBC

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    This week's updates center on new board enablement, Rockchip platform refinements, and tooling and kernel maintenance.

    Board support expanded across multiple silicon families, with the addition of Seeed Studio reComputer RK3576/RK3588 DevKits and the Anbernic RG DS handheld image. The EasePi A2/R2 received substantial revisions to its board configurations and device trees, alongside a vendor logo transition to Linkease. SpacemiT K1 boot support was updated, and per-SoC LINUXCONFIG separation was introduced for the TQ family to better isolate kernel configurations.

    Rockchip received the bulk of low-level improvements. Notable changes include AUX recovery for USB-C DP Alt Mode in the dw-dp driver, device-tree-based LED configuration for the r8169/r8125 controllers, and an updated patch ensuring stable PCIe Ethernet MAC addresses across many boards. Additional fixes resolve slow WiFi on the NanoPi R76S via SDIO SDR104, enable Bluetooth on the Orange Pi 5 Ultra edge kernel, and restore the tm16xx driver on current kernels.

    On the tooling and maintenance side, Armbian Imager 2.0 was released, the mainline kernel was bumped to 7.1-rc6, and the rtl8192eu driver was re-enabled following a cleanup of compilation warnings. A previously merged USB gadget NULL pointer fix was reverted pending further evaluation.

    #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #Rockchip #SBC #KernelDevelopment

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Meet our new Armbian Imager 2.0

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    Meet our new Armbian Imager 2.0

    We're releasing Armbian Imager 2.0. We rebuilt the whole thing, the interface and the flashing engine underneath it. The part you'll notice first: your board boots already set up. Username, password, Wi-Fi, timezone, language. You tell Imager once, it writes that into the image, and the board comes up configured on first boot. No monitor, no keyboard, none of that blind first login.

    Set it up once. It configures itself.

    This is the big change in 2.0. You build a profile in settings: username and password, an SSH key, your Wi-Fi network and country code, timezone, locale, shell. Imager writes it straight into the image's filesystem while it flashes. Power on the board, it reads the profile and brings itself up. Qualcomm boards over QDL get the same treatment.

    It's the difference between "flash, hook up a screen and keyboard, sit through the setup" and "flash, slot the card, switch on." I didn't expect to care this much about it, and now I can't flash without it.

    Pick everything on one screen

    The old pop-up windows are gone. In their place is a single animated flow: manufacturer, board, OS, device, all on one page that moves with you. You page through the board and vendor grids, the distro logos are drawn by hand, and the app glides instead of slamming between screens. Settings got the same redesign. So did the cache manager, which now shows where your gigabytes actually went, by category, and clears them in a tap.

    Know what you're writing before you write it

    Every image tells you what it is up front: build date, badges for the desktop and the kernel branch, a label when it ships with something preinstalled like the SDK build, openHAB, or Kali. Anything you've already downloaded carries a small check, so you don't pull it twice. If you want the trunk rolling releases, there's a filter for them, with a plain warning before you commit. And images that can't be written to a card, like the VM disk formats, simply aren't in the list.

    Every write, checked byte for byte

    The download is verified against its SHA256. After writing, the app reads the card back and compares it to the source, byte for byte. While that runs, your board floats over a warm glow that follows the progress, with one line telling you the stage instead of a wall of numbers. When the check turns green, it's because the data on the card matches. Not because we're optimistic.

    Bring your own images, online or offline

    Have an image of your own? Drop it in. We handle img, iso, xz, gz, bz2, and zst, and decompress before writing. Lose your connection partway through the day and Imager still works: the offline mode was reworked so your cache and your own files stay one click away.

    The same app on Mac, Linux, and Windows

    Same look and behavior on all three. On Mac it's a single universal build for Intel and Apple Silicon. Pick a light theme, a dark one, or let it follow the system. Eighteen languages, chosen automatically from your locale. Free and open source, the way it started.

    Get it

    Armbian Imager 2.0 is available now, free, on Mac, Linux, and Windows. It does the same job it always has, writing a good image to a card. The new part is what happens after: you power the board on, and it's already yours.

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Armbian Release v26.5.1

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    Armbian Release v26.5.1

    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.

    Armbian v26.5.1 delivers another strong round of improvements across the project, focusing on expanded hardware support, desktop and userland refinements, build framework modernization, and infrastructure enhancements. This release introduces new board images and platform updates, improves Ubuntu 26.04 "Resolute" integration, refines Bianbu desktop support, adds firmware and driver updates including AX210 wireless support, and continues ongoing work to strengthen the build system, CI pipelines, and developer tooling. Numerous kernel, bootloader, and device tree updates further improve stability, compatibility, and performance across a wide range of ARM and x86 platforms, reinforcing Armbian's commitment to providing a reliable and flexible Linux distribution for single-board computers, embedded devices, and edge computing deployments.

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    Release Armbian Quarterly digest · armbian/build
    This quarter’s work centers on three priorities: kernel modernization across SoC families, a redesigned desktop subsystem driven by armbian-config, and substantial expansion of board and platform c…
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    Armbian Release v26.5.1
    Native UFS boot lands on the NanoPi M5
    Armbian’s next release boots the FriendlyElec NanoPi M5 end-to-end from UFS on a mainline U-Boot, with no proprietary recovery image in the loop. It is the first RK3576 board in the catalogue to reach this state, and the integration pattern paves the way for the others. UFS, the storage class
    Armbian Release v26.5.1Armbian blogDaniele Briguglio
    Armbian Release v26.5.1
    We rewrote how Armbian installs desktops. Here’s what changed
    A friendlier, faster, snap-free desktop install in armbian-config If you’ve installed a desktop environment with armbian-config over the last few months, you may have noticed things feel different: there’s a tier you can pick, the browser actually works on every arch, uninstall doesn’t take half your system with it, and
    Armbian Release v26.5.1Armbian blogIgor Pecovnik
    Armbian Release v26.5.1

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Native UFS boot lands on the NanoPi M5

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    Native UFS boot lands on the NanoPi M5

    Armbian's next release boots the FriendlyElec NanoPi M5 end-to-end from UFS on a mainline U-Boot, with no proprietary recovery image in the loop. It is the first RK3576 board in the catalogue to reach this state, and the integration pattern paves the way for the others.

    UFS, the storage class that replaced eMMC in phones, is packet-based and full-duplex with command queuing. The practical gain over an SD card shows up in random I/O, in latency under concurrent load, and in write endurance that holds up over years of deployment. FriendlyElec ships UFS on the M5 because the RK3576 has a native UFS controller, a sensible choice for any board destined for kiosks, robots, or industrial gateways.

    What mainline was missing

    The UFS controller IP itself had a partial driver in mainline U-Boot. Everything around it was not wired: PHY init sequencing, the regulator rails the device needs before it responds, the device-tree glue that tells U-Boot "yes, this board has UFS." For the M5, none of it existed. There is also a cosmetic detail that catches every newcomer, namely that Rockchip's loader tooling labels UFS as SATA in the RKDevTool storage dropdown. Flashing goes through upgrade_tool, not the more familiar rkdeveloptool, because rkdeveloptool has never had UFS support.

    How it came together

    Three workstreams had to converge. Jonas Karlman's kwiboo/rk3576 branch carried the upstream RK3576 U-Boot enablement, pinctrl, clocks, storage controller bindings, and has been merging into mainline through 2026. The rockchip-linux/rkbin tree had to ship a UFS-capable MiniLoader, which the RK3576MINIALL.ini recipe assembles from the DDR init, the UFS-aware loader, and the OP-TEE/ATF blobs. The Armbian side was the integration: a board config on U-Boot v2026.04, a U-Boot DT overlay that brings the UFS regulators and PHY up at the right moment, and a flashing path that upgrade_tool accepts. None of these were individually hard. Making them line up is what took the time.

    On the device, the stack does its job cleanly. The BootROM reads the IDB off UFS and pulls in the TPL; the TPL initialises DDR and the UFS host controller, sequences the regulators, negotiates the link, and reads the next stage; ATF jumps to U-Boot; U-Boot enumerates ufs 0 and loads the kernel; the kernel re-probes the same controller it just booted through. The work, almost all of it, lived at the TPL stage. Controller fine, PHY fine, but the device sits silent if regulator sequencing is wrong by a handful of milliseconds. Once that is right, the upper layers see a clean SCSI-shaped block device and the rest is unsurprising.

    What it leaves us with

    For users with a UFS-equipped M5, the next release image flashes through the FriendlyElec Rockchip workflow with upgrade_tool, BOOT switch on UFS/SD, storage dropdown labelled "SATA". The board boots without an SD card or eMMC involvement, and armbian-install writes the same image to UFS in place once the system is running from another medium. Against microSD on the same hardware the difference is felt rather than benchmarked: small reads land faster, the system stays responsive under concurrent I/O, and the write endurance is in a different ballpark.

    A few rough edges remain. The vendor tooling will keep calling UFS "SATA" until either Rockchip relabels the GUI or rkdeveloptool grows a cs ufs opcode, neither on the immediate horizon. The BOOT switch is a hardware gate with no software override. And upgrade_tool ships only as a Linux x86_64 ELF, so flashing from an Apple Silicon Mac means a Linux VM with USB passthrough or a Windows host running the GUI.

    The same plumbing now unlocks every other UFS-equipped RK3576 board in the catalogue. The M5 reached the line first because the hardware was available and the upstream pieces were the most complete. The others should be substantially less work, now that the integration pattern exists and the loader path has been proven on real silicon.

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    This week's work centers on board support expansion, kernel and U-Boot maintenance, and desktop and CI tooling refinements.

    On the platform side, the Radxa Cubie A5E received Wi-Fi enablement and a kernel refresh as part of a broader update, while the youyeetoo YY3588 was promoted from CSC to standard support and the YY3568 gained PCIe NVMe functionality. The NanoPi R76S and Rock 5 ITX were both migrated to mainline U-Boot v2026.04, dropping vendor-branch gates, and the Vanxoak HD-RK3506-EVB was added with vendor and board imagery.

    Kernel hygiene dominated the maintenance work: duplicate OPP labels on the Xiaoxin Pad Pro (sm8250) were corrected, broken UHS-I, xo-clock, SD, and DSI patches were removed from sm8550 trees for both 6.18 and 7.0, and a now-upstream r-spi backport was dropped from sunxi-6.18. The odroidxu4-current branch advanced to 6.6.141 across two successive bumps.

    Desktop and infrastructure tooling saw layered improvements through configng: alsa-ucm-conf and libcamera/v4l userspace were added to the minimal tier, PackageKit and AppStream landed at the mid tier, and DE postinst scripts now execute in the build chroot to resolve missing wallpaper. UEFI x86 and arm64 desktop spins were switched to GNOME on the edge kernel, and build infrastructure gained inline ShellCheck PR feedback, scoped token permissions, fork-aware artifact gating, and event-driven runner cleanup via systemd hooks.

    #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #Rockchip #UBoot #KernelDevelopment

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    This week's work advances on three fronts: kernel and bleedingedge alignment across Rockchip and Sunxi trees, board and platform enablement spanning RV1106 to SpacemiT, and CI hardening with self-hosted runner maintenance.

    On the kernel side, bleedingedge was bumped to 7.1-rc3, accompanied by cfg80211 API fixes and re-enablement of the rtl8189fs and rtl8852bs drivers for the new release. Both the rockchip64 and sunxi patch stacks for current and edge were rewritten, an upstream ptrace fix for CVE-2026-46333 was backported to linux-rockchip, and the odroidxu4-current kernel moved to 6.6.139.

    Platform enablement was broad. The Ayn Odin2 gained 7.0 kernel support, the Mekotronics R58X-Pro switched its vendor build to mainline U-Boot with a corrected LCD driver, and the H96 TV box advanced to U-Boot v2026.04. RV1106 transitioned from extlinux to a bootscript and gained DS1307, PCF85063, and RV8803 RTC drivers, while SpacemiT received OpenSBI, U-Boot, and BPI-F3 DTS fixups. Smaller but user-visible improvements include NanoPi M5 second USB3 port exposure via DRD0 host-mode pinning, NORCO EMB-3531 LPDDR4X variants, RK3528 USB2 PHY corrections for high-speed NCM, and UEFI x86 images enabling iwlwifi MLD and Intel SOF audio for MTL, LNL, and PTL.

    Infrastructure work centered on self-hosted runner reliability and supply-chain hygiene. A new runner-cleanup module provides hourly disk and memory maintenance, skips busy runners, and ships via .deb, while a maintenance watchdog was added to the SDK repository. Multiple StepSecurity hardening passes landed across build and SDK workflows, though an overly strict egress-policy was subsequently reverted after breaking builds.

    #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #Rockchip #RISCV #KernelDevelopment

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    This week's work centers on release and CI infrastructure, board and U-Boot updates, and build framework hardening.

    On the release pipeline, asset manifest JSON is now emitted alongside uploads, third-party armbian-images.json sources are merged into the main download index, and dispatch chains were rewired so that build completion fans out cleanly to download-index regeneration and website sync. Ubuntu resolute (26.04) entered the daily build matrix, with corresponding prepare-host adjustments for its qemu-user packaging and a targeted blacklist for boards failing resolute plus GNOME. The new Armbian SDK images are now surfaced on the website and ship preloaded with the build framework, code-server, and developer tooling.

    On the platform side, U-Boot v2026.04 lands for Helios4, Rock-5B-Plus, Rock-5T, and NanoPi-M5 (with mainline UFS via a vendor-SPL hybrid), while new bleedingedge branches were introduced for rockchip64 and meson64. Initial support arrived for the Photonicat2 board, new RK3576 SPL and RK3588 DDR blobs were added, Panthor firmware expanded to cover additional Mali GPUs, and a PCIe LTSSM timeout fix improves cold-boot NVMe detection on Rockchip. NanoPC-T6 LTS Plus was renamed, panther-x2 moved from CSC to EOS, and odroidxu4-current advanced to 6.6.138.

    In the build framework, an unsafe eval was replaced with declare -g and namerefs, destructive commands were properly quoted, and Docker --privileged is now gated behind an explicit DOCKER_PRIVILEGED toggle. The desktop configuration tree migrated to the armbian-config module_desktops system, kernel build failures now propagate exit codes correctly, missing BOOT_FDT_FILE surfaces as an error alert, and SysRq-via-BREAK was restored on dw-apb-uart for mvebu-6.18 and rockchip64-7.0 kernels.

    #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #UBoot #Rockchip #SBC #LinuxKernel

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    This week's work centers on release pipeline modernization, desktop and userland refinements, and board and kernel platform maintenance.

    On the release and CI side, the build matrix gained codename parameterisation with Ubuntu 26.04 "resolute" set as default, a dedicated Bianbu target, and exposed map overrides, while standard-support targets now include UEFI desktops and a plain cloud variant. The KDE fast-HDMI matrix was switched from kde-neon to kde-plasma, mesa-vpu was dropped from auto-attached extensions, and external CI now skips slots with a warning when upstream sources break. Supporting fixes route forky/loong64 base-files lookups to the main archive and add AI cover image generation to the blog workflow.

    Desktop and userland changes focus on the Bianbu environment, where PVR DRI was enabled, detection corrected, menu entries added, systemd suspend re-enabled on K1, and gnome-initial-setup purged post-install. Broader fixes pass --allow-downgrades on pinned package installs, align LAN/WAN labels across IPv4 and IPv6 rows in the MOTD, harden console-width handling against invalid COLUMNS values, and correct output to /etc/armbian-image-release.

    Platform support sees explicit ARCH=arm64 declarations on five inheriting boards, validate-board-config now following inheritance from ${SRC}/config/boards, and targeted fixes for imx8m binman hooks and rockchip family tweaks under forky (addgroup → groupadd). Kernel and DTS work restores 6.18.y on sm8550, syncs CAINIAO CNIoT-CORE DTS from 6.18 to 6.12, disables broken drm/xe patches under uefi-loong64-7.0, and improves the SMART AM40 and Retroid Pocket board definitions. AX210 firmware lands for mainline, and Seeed Studio reComputer images join the catalogue.

    #Armbian #EmbeddedLinux #ARM64 #Rockchip #Ubuntu #KDE #Mainline

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    [Armbian newsletter] - Armbian Newsletter April 2026

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    Armbian Newsletter April 2026

    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.

    Armbian has released images based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, codenamed Resolute Raccoon the latest long-term support base. As always, Armbian applies its own platform-optimized kernel, board-specific patches, and tested drivers on top so what you get is a clean, stable foundation across SBCs, PCs, and cloud environments, with no Snap packages, fully compatible with the Ubuntu ecosystem, and no surprises.

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    We rewrote how Armbian installs desktops. Here’s what changed
    A friendlier, faster, snap-free desktop install in armbian-config If you’ve installed a desktop environment with armbian-config over the last few months, you may have noticed things feel different: there’s a tier you can pick, the browser actually works on every arch, uninstall doesn’t take half your system with it, and
    Armbian Newsletter April 2026Armbian blogIgor Pecovnik
    Armbian Newsletter April 2026
    Armbian Q1 2026: Technical Milestones and the Road to Embedded World
    The first quarter of 2026 has been a period of significant technical consolidation for the Armbian project. Driven by the v26.02 (Goa) release cycle, the project has focused on three core pillars: aggressive framework refactoring, the stable rollout of the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel, and the maturation of
    Armbian Newsletter April 2026Armbian blogMichael Robinson
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    Github Highlights
    This week in Armbian development saw a broad range of updates spanning kernel enhancements, desktop improvements, and infrastructure refinements. Notable changes include new developer documentation for the desktop submodule, expanded GPU and multimedia support for vendor-kernel desktops, and several kernel version bumps for various platforms. The build system received fixes
    Armbian Newsletter April 2026Armbian blogMichael Robinson
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    [Armbian newsletter] - Github Highlights

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    Github Highlights

    This week in Armbian development saw a broad range of updates spanning kernel enhancements, desktop improvements, and infrastructure refinements. Notable changes include new developer documentation for the desktop submodule, expanded GPU and multimedia support for vendor-kernel desktops, and several kernel version bumps for various platforms. The build system received fixes for filesystem resizing and improved dependency handling, while CI workflows were optimized with increased timeouts and better error handling. New hardware targets were added, including Radxa Dragon Q6A and Nio 12L, alongside updates to u-boot and kernel drivers for multiple devices. Additional improvements focused on patch maintenance, logo updates, and enhanced automation for VM provisioning. These collective efforts continue to strengthen Armbian’s reliability, performance, and hardware compatibility.

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    Github Highlights

    This week in Armbian development saw significant progress across board support, desktop environments, and infrastructure. Notably, NanoPC T6 LTS Plus was added as a reusable board, and support for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ("Resolute") expanded to desktop package coverage and testing. Multiple improvements targeted desktop environments, including package updates, installation fixes, and branding enhancements for browsers. Kernel and bootloader updates were implemented for various boards, with mainline kernel bumped to 7.0 stable and u-boot upgrades for Rockchip devices. Infrastructure enhancements included new CI workflows, multi-arch unit tests, and migration to a REST API. Several bug fixes, optimizations, and cosmetic cleanups rounded out the release, ensuring greater stability and usability for Armbian users.

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    [Armbian newsletter] - We rewrote how Armbian installs desktops. Here's what changed

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    A friendlier, faster, snap-free desktop install in armbian-config

    We rewrote how Armbian installs desktops. Here's what changed

    If you've installed a desktop environment with armbian-config over the last few months, you may have noticed things feel different: there's a tier you can pick, the browser actually works on every arch, uninstall doesn't take half your system with it, and there's no snap pop-up surprising you on Ubuntu builds. That's not by accident — the desktop submodule has been quietly rebuilt from the ground up. Here's what landed, why we did it, and what it means for you.

    Pick the desktop you want — at install, and after

    Three tiers, instead of one all-or-nothing install:

    • minimal — DE + display manager + a terminal. About 500 MB. Perfect for headless boards with an occasional HDMI session, or anyone who'd rather curate apps themselves.
    • mid — adds a WWW browser, file manager, image viewer, media player, calculator, archive tool, torrent client, and the SD-card flasher. About 1 GB. The "everyday desktop" sweet spot.
    • full — adds LibreOffice, GIMP, Inkscape, Audacity, Thunderbird, and VS Code. About 2.5 GB. Workstation-shaped.

    And — because changing your mind is allowed — you can move between tiers any time without a reinstall. armbian-config --api module_desktops upgrade de=xfce tier=full computes the delta and only adds what's missing. The reverse path, downgrade, only removes packages from the original install manifest, never anything you added on your own.

    Snap-free Chromium, Firefox, and Thunderbird

    On Ubuntu, the apt names chromium, firefox, and thunderbird are snap-transitional packages — installing them silently pulls in snapd, runs the apps in a snap sandbox, and gives you a slow start, broken hardware acceleration, and a confusing menu of "two Chromiums" if you ever want the real thing.

    Armbian images don't ship snapd, so we now route those names to real, native .debs hosted on apt.armbian.com. The desktop install path writes an apt pin priority file at /etc/apt/preferences.d/armbian-desktops that forces our packages to win over the snap-shims — even on systems where the snap version is technically newer. The result: apt install chromium gives you a real, native Chromium. No snapd. No surprise pop-ups.

    On amd64 systems, the browser slot maps to Google Chrome (also from apt.armbian.com); on RISC-V Ubuntu builds you get real Firefox. Debian releases keep using upstream chromium / firefox-esr — those have always been real .debs and need no help.

    One desktop, every supported distro and arch

    Each DE — XFCE, GNOME, KDE Plasma, KDE Neon, MATE, Cinnamon, i3-wm, xmonad, Enlightenment, Budgie, Deepin — is now a single declarative YAML file in the configng repo. The engine works out which packages exist on which release on which arch, substitutes per-platform replacements where needed, and silently drops broken ones. Same XFCE definition runs on Debian bookworm/trixie/forky and Ubuntu noble/resolute across arm64 / amd64 / armhf / riscv64.

    Adding a new desktop environment is a YAML edit and a smoke test — no per-distro shell scripts, no codepaths to chase.

    Clean uninstall, every time

    Every desktop install records a manifest of exactly which packages it added — under /etc/armbian/desktop/<de>.packages. Removal undoes only those. Packages that were already on your system before you installed the desktop stay put. No more "I uninstalled XFCE and lost half my system."

    The little stuff that's easy to miss

    • Auto-login that doesn't trash your config. Enable / disable autologin for gdm3, sddm, or lightdm via in-place sed edits — your WaylandEnable=false and other tweaks survive.
    • Container-aware. Same code path works inside Docker without trying to start a display manager. CI builds and scripted installs work without special-casing.
    • U2F security keys. Plug in your Yubikey and WebAuthn just works — the udev rules ship via libfido2-1 on resolute, libu2f-udev on older releases.
    • Printer panel works. GNOME Settings → Printers no longer says "some settings cannot be unlocked" — cups-pk-helper ships with every desktop install now.
    • VS Code from us, not Microsoft's repo. Installing code no longer prompts you to add Microsoft's apt source — we host the real package, the prompt is suppressed, the pin keeps Microsoft from sneaking in over the top.

    A weekly self-audit catches drift

    A scheduled Claude AI supported GitHub Actions workflow scans the YAML matrix against armbian/build's supported releases and the live Debian/Ubuntu archives — flags releases not yet covered, flags packages that no longer exist upstream — then opens a PR with proposed YAML fixes. Dead packages and missing releases stop accumulating silently.

    Try it

    On any modern Armbian install:

    sudo armbian-config

# or scripted:
sudo armbian-config --api module_desktops install de=xfce tier=full
sudo armbian-config --api module_desktops upgrade de=xfce tier=full
sudo armbian-config --api module_desktops downgrade de=xfce tier=mid
sudo armbian-config --api module_desktops remove de=xfce

    Supported desktops today: XFCE, GNOME, KDE Plasma, KDE Neon (Ubuntu noble only), MATE, Cinnamon, i3-wm and xmonad, Enlightenment, Budgie and Deepin experimental. Supported targets: Debian bookworm / trixie / forky and Ubuntu noble / resolute on every Armbian arch.

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    Github Highlights

    This week saw significant development activity across the Armbian ecosystem, with numerous enhancements to desktop environment support, including the addition of KDE Neon, KDE Plasma, MATE, and i3-wm, as well as improved branding and menu documentation. The desktop module was refactored for greater modularity and YAML-driven configuration, alongside fixes for theming and package removal tracking. Hardware support expanded with new device trees for NanoPC-T6 LTS Plus and Gateway DK, plus initial support for Arduino UNO Q (Qualcomm QRB2210) and additional USB Ethernet drivers. The build system received updates for kernel versions and distribution releases, notably bumping Ubuntu from plucky/noble to resolute. Automation and audit scripts were improved for reliability and scope, and documentation was updated to reflect the new tier model and branding. Overall, these changes strengthen Armbian's usability, hardware compatibility, and developer tooling.

    Changes

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    Github Highlights

    This week’s Armbian development saw significant enhancements across hardware support and system functionality. The Arduino UNO Q was officially added, along with new firmware and flash binaries for the QRB2210 and QCM2290 variants. HDMI CEC support was introduced for Rockchip RK3588/RK3576 SoCs, while panel compatibility expanded with updates for Raspberry Pi and Hardkernel ODROID-Vu8S. Key kernel improvements included a bump to version 7.0-rc6 and rewritten patches for Rockchip64-6.18. The release also featured workflow hardening, exclusion of unsupported boards, and fixes for USB-C OTG mode on Odroid-M2. These updates collectively strengthen Armbian’s platform stability and broaden its device coverage.

    Changes

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    Armbian Newsletter

    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.

    The past two months have been particularly active for the embedded ecosystem. At EMBEDDED WORLD 2026, developers, hardware vendors, and open-source communities gathered to showcase the latest innovations shaping the future of embedded computing. In parallel, the Armbian project continues to evolve with new releases, expanded board support, and ongoing improvements to the build framework driven by the contributions of its global community and the growing demand for reliable Linux on ARM and RISC-V platforms.

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    Github Highlights
    This week in Armbian development saw a significant expansion of hardware support, including new board images and compatibility for devices such as the Ariaboard Photonicat 2, SpacemiT MUSE Book, NanoPC T6 Plus, and Mekotronics R58S2. Kernel patches were updated across multiple platforms, notably for Rockchip and Sunxi families, enhancing stability
    Armbian NewsletterArmbian blogMichael Robinson
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    My First embedded world and I Already Can’t Wait for the Next
    I’d been putting this off for years. Every March, I’d read someone else’s embedded world recap, tell myself “next year”, and go back to my terminal. This year I actually went and I’m still processing everything I saw. First things first: the team Before I talk about any stand or
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    Armbian Q1 2026: Technical Milestones and the Road to Embedded World
    The first quarter of 2026 has been a period of significant technical consolidation for the Armbian project. Driven by the v26.02 (Goa) release cycle, the project has focused on three core pillars: aggressive framework refactoring, the stable rollout of the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel, and the maturation of
    Armbian NewsletterArmbian blogMichael Robinson
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    [Armbian newsletter] - Armbian Q1 2026: Technical Milestones and the Road to Embedded World

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    Armbian Q1 2026: Technical Milestones and the Road to Embedded World

    The first quarter of 2026 has been a period of significant technical consolidation for the Armbian project. Driven by the v26.02 (Goa) release cycle, the project has focused on three core pillars: aggressive framework refactoring, the stable rollout of the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel, and the maturation of the Armbian Imager utility.

    Core Framework Refactoring

    A primary objective this quarter was the reduction of technical debt within the armbian/build repository. The development team initiated a systematic cleanup to improve build reliability and maintenance.

    • Toolchain Optimization: Through a series of pull requests, including #9218, #9252, and #9256, significant "dead code" was removed from the internal toolchain. This refactoring simplifies the logic required to support a diversifying array of ARM and RISC-V architectures.
    • mmdebstrap Transition: The framework has officially transitioned to mmdebstrap as the exclusive engine for rootfs creation (#9512). By deprecating the legacy debootstrap method, the project ensures faster, more consistent, and reproducible builds across varied host environments.
    • Bash Modernization: Internal build scripts have been transitioned from POSIX to Bash syntax to leverage modern shell features and enhance overall script reliability.

    Kernel and Hardware Integration

    Q1 marked the broad adoption of the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series, providing improved driver support and hardware abstraction for tier-1 platforms.

    • Linux 6.18 LTS Rollout: Stable support for the 6.18.y kernel was merged for major families, including meson64, rockchip64, and UEFI targets (#9069, #9086).
    • Hardware Support Expansion:
      • SpacemiT MusePi Pro: Full integration and kernel patching were completed (#9422).
      • Orange Pi RV2: Initial support and nightly build availability were established for this RISC-V target.
      • Radxa Rock 4D & ODROID M2: These boards were elevated to the stable support tier within the 26.02 release.
    • Firmware Updates: U-Boot was bumped to v2026.01 for several platforms. Notably, boot delays on the Orange Pi 5 series were addressed via updated U-Boot candidates (#9450).

    Ecosystem Tools: Armbian Imager

    The Armbian Imager has transitioned from a utility to a cornerstone of the project’s user experience, with a focus on security and onboarding efficiency.

    • Cross-Platform Security: Code signing was implemented for both macOS and Windows artifacts to reduce installation friction for non-Linux users (imager#87).
    • Performance Improvements: The utility now features optimized image decompression and enhanced device disconnect detection (imager#28).
    • Automated Reporting: A new AI Actions Report workflow (armbian.github.io#165) was implemented to automate development highlights, providing greater transparency into the commit history for the community.

    Strategic Industry Alignment

    The technical trajectory of Q1 was intentionally aligned with Armbian’s presence at Embedded World 2026 in Nuremberg.

    By showcasing the framework and Imager as guests of Seeed Studio, the project demonstrated its readiness for industrial-scale deployment. The shift toward mainline kernel and U-Boot support—specifically targeting the retirement of vendor-specific bootloaders—remains a priority for long-term security and professional-grade stability.

    Contributors & Credits

    The progress in Q1 2026 is the result of sustained contributions from the Armbian Dev team and the wider community. Detailed changelogs and commit histories are available at github.com/armbian/build.

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    [Armbian newsletter] - My first embedded world and I already can't wait for the next

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    My first embedded world and I already can't wait for the next

    I'd been putting this off for years. Every March, I'd read someone else's embedded world recap, tell myself "next year", and go back to my terminal. This year I actually went and I'm still processing everything I saw.

    First things first: the team

    Before I talk about any stand or chip, I need to tell you what made this trip different from anything I've done before. There were five of us from the Armbian team at the show: Igor, Werner, Meko, amazingfate, and me. Five people. Four countries. Some of us had worked together for years and never met in person.

    You know how it is in open-source, you collaborate through GitHub, you argue about patches on the mailing list, you review each other's code at odd hours. But you don't always know the face behind the username. Meeting those people for real, shaking their hand, having a coffee together, that's something no pull request can replicate. And honestly, it was worth the trip on its own.

    The show itself: I wasn't ready for this

    Arriving at the Nuremberg Messe for the first time is a genuine shock. I knew embedded world was big. I did not know it was this big. Enormous halls, thousands of exhibitors, tens of thousands of attendees. On day one I got genuinely lost between the pavilions spent a solid half hour wandering with no idea where I was. I'm told this is a rite of passage.

    What surprised me most about the atmosphere is how concrete everything felt. This isn't a conference where people pitch vaporware from behind polished booths. Engineers and developers everywhere, talking about real problems, showing real hardware. You can walk from a giant like Qualcomm to a small team doing something fascinating with a handful of sensors and both conversations feel equally substantive.

    What we saw on the floor

    Rockchip was a mandatory stop for us, and they didn't disappoint. On their stand: the RK3572 EVB an evaluation board we hadn't seen in person before. Reading specs in a datasheet is one thing. Seeing the board running, understanding its real-world size, its connectors, how it behaves, that's a completely different kind of knowledge. The kind you can only get by showing up.

    My first embedded world and I already can't wait for the next
    Rockchip Employees (Most left and right) and Jianfeng Liu, Mecid Urganci & Igor Pecovnik

    Seeed Studio had live demos of AI Vision and AI Sound, and the one that genuinely impressed me was their AI camera with a built-in NPU doing real-time object recognition. I'm not talking about laggy, stuttering inference, it was smooth. Fluid. The kind of performance that makes you stop walking and just stare for a minute. Seeing that level of real-time AI running on a compact edge device was one of those moments where the future stops feeling abstract.

    My first embedded world and I already can't wait for the next
    Seedstudio x Armbian (Maximilian Riedl , Igor Pecovnik, Jianfeng Liu, Daniele Briguglio)

    Qualcomm brought the Arduino Ventuno Q, and this is where things got interesting and a little funny. meko had already run his benchmarks on the board when amazingfate noticed something: Chromium's hardware acceleration wasn't enabled. So he enabled it. Right there. Directly on the board. In front of the stand staff.

    The reaction from the Qualcomm team? Complete, genuine astonishment. They didn't see it coming. That's what happens when you bring a group of Armbian developers to a trade show, we don't just look at things, we poke at them.

    My first embedded world and I already can't wait for the next
    Armbian at the Foundries.io booth

    Collabora was present at the show, and amazingfate got to meet some of the team. Their kernel and GPU driver work is always relevant to what we do, so that conversation mattered even if I wasn't there for it personally.

    The moment that hit hardest: Armbian on the BeagleBadge

    During a meeting with the BeagleBoard.org team inside the show, they showed us their brand new project: the BeagleBadge. Launched right there at embedded world 2026, it won Best in Show in the Wearables category; a Linux-powered wearable badge with a 4.2" ePaper display, dual-core ARM Cortex-A53, Wi-Fi 6, LoRa, and more sensors than I can list here. Built around the Texas Instruments AM62L32, manufactured by Seeed Studio.

    Impressive hardware. But here's the part that actually stopped me in my tracks: Armbian was running on it. There's an official "Armbian BeagleBadge demo for EW2026" image — Debian Trixie, Linux 6.12 — listed right on the BeagleBoard.org site.

    Our OS. On a Best-in-Show winning badge. At the world's biggest embedded show.

    That's not a small thing. That's the community's work showing up exactly where it matters.

    My first embedded world and I already can't wait for the next

    What embedded world taught me about where this industry is going

    Three days of walking, talking, and observing gives you a pretty clear picture of the currents moving through the embedded world right now.

    Edge AI is not a trend anymore, it's infrastructure. Every major vendor had something running inference locally, without cloud, on modest hardware. This is real, it's shipping, and it's going to reshape what we expect embedded systems to do.

    Open-source has earned its seat at the table. I half-expected it to be the hobbyist corner of the show. It wasn't. Companies are building on Linux, on open stacks, on ecosystems maintained by communities like ours. That's not charity, it's strategy. And it means the work we do in Armbian matters more than we sometimes give ourselves credit for.

    The line between prototype and product is razor thin. At most stands you'd see a mix: shipping products, reference designs, things that will exist in six months. That gap is where the interesting information lives; what's coming, which platforms are getting serious investment, which vendors are committed to mainline Linux support. You don't learn that from a datasheet. You learn it by being there.

    Would I go back?

    Without a second thought.

    If you're an Armbian community member who's been putting this off the same way I was stop putting it off. The technical exposure is valuable. The networking is real. And meeting the people you build things with, face to face, is something that doesn't have a substitute.

    The show runs every year in Nuremberg. I'll be there.

    See you in 2027. 🇩🇪

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    Github Highlights

    This week in Armbian development saw a significant expansion of hardware support, including new board images and compatibility for devices such as the Ariaboard Photonicat 2, SpacemiT MUSE Book, NanoPC T6 Plus, and Mekotronics R58S2. Kernel patches were updated across multiple platforms, notably for Rockchip and Sunxi families, enhancing stability and performance. Several new modules were introduced in the configuration framework, including browser-based code-server, memory management, Docker log viewing, and subscription tracking. Improvements to documentation, security hardening, and code formatting were also implemented. Notable fixes addressed USB, Ethernet, and device-specific issues, while ZFS functionality and tuning interfaces received updates. The release continues Armbian’s commitment to broad hardware support and robust system features.

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    Diagnosing System Issues and Getting Support with Armbianmonitor

    Armbianmonitor saves the day!

    Armbian is a lightweight operating system based on Debian/Ubuntu, highly optimized for single-board computers (SBCs) like the Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, and many others. When facing system problems on an SBC running Armbian, the built-in utility armbianmonitor is an essential diagnostic tool. It quickly gathers crucial system data, making troubleshooting faster and more accurate for both the user and the community providing support.

    Key Diagnostic Functions

    The primary use of armbianmonitor is to generate real-time performance and system configuration reports. By running the command without any arguments, you get a menu of options, but the most vital functions for diagnosis are:

    • System Status (armbianmonitor -m): This provides a live monitoring dashboard. It displays key metrics like CPU frequency, load average, temperature, memory usage, and disk I/O. By watching this output while a problem (like a system freeze or slowdown) occurs, you can often pinpoint the bottleneck—for instance, a sudden spike in CPU temperature indicating a cooling problem, or sustained high memory usage pointing to a resource leak.
    • System Information (armbianmonitor -u or -d): This is the most crucial function for seeking online support. It gathers a comprehensive, anonymized report including details about the kernel version, device model, installed packages, boot logs, and hardware configuration. This data is essential because the performance and stability of SBCs are often highly dependent on the specific kernel and hardware drivers used for that model.

    Getting Support Online

    When seeking help on platforms like the Armbian forum or GitHub, simply describing the symptoms is rarely enough. The person helping you needs to know the exact state of your system.

    By running armbianmonitor -u, the utility uploads the detailed diagnostic report to a public pastebin service (like https://www.google.com/search?q=paste.armbian.com) and provides a unique, short URL. You can then include this URL directly in your support request. This allows community members to instantly access the exact configuration, eliminating back-and-forth questions about device type, OS version, and log file locations. This standardized method is the fastest way to receive targeted, effective assistance and ensures your issue is diagnosed accurately.

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    Github Highlights

    This week in Armbian development saw significant enhancements across multiple areas, including expanded board support and improved hardware compatibility. Notable additions include new images and configurations for Qidi X-6, X-7, and Ariaboard Photonicat2 mainboards, as well as refined kernel patch maintenance and updates for various platforms. The build system received important fixes, such as resolving compilation errors and device tree issues, alongside improvements in Docker utilities and offline mode detection. Several refactoring efforts streamlined backend processes and enhanced user interface elements. The team also introduced automatic fallback mechanisms for Hetzner server types, optimizing runner scaling. Overall, these updates reinforce Armbian's commitment to stability, broader hardware support, and a smoother user experience.

    Changes

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    Github Highlights

    This week in Armbian development saw significant progress across board support and kernel updates. New boards such as the Cainiao CNIOT Core, EByte ECB41-PGE, DG SVR 865 Tiny, and NORCO EMB-3531 received initial support, expanding hardware compatibility. Kernel patches were rewritten for the meson64 and rockchip64 platforms, aligning with version 6.18.18, while edge releases were bumped to 7.0-rc3 and rc4. Improvements included enhanced SD card and audio support for SpacemiT and Youyeetoo YY3588 boards, as well as refined configuration checks and display fixes. Several upstream patches were dropped or disabled, and the Dependabot schedule was updated for daily maintenance. Additional fixes addressed USB modes, Docker host-gateway resolution, and Xorg display issues, rounding out a productive week for the Armbian project.

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    Github Highlights

    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-based software. Multiple bug fixes addressed issues with OS image duplication, patch timestamps, and device quirks. Security was bolstered with hardened GitHub Actions, ensuring a more robust development pipeline.

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    Armbian 26.2 Goa

    Welcome to the latest Armbian Newsletter, your source for updates, community highlights, and behind-the-scenes news from the world of open-source ARM and RISC-V computing.

    Streamlining the ecosystem

    This past quarter development has taken a significant step forward for Armbian. We've been busy cleaning up and optimizing our codebase, merging over 150 improvements primarily focused on advancing kernel support for Rockchip and Allwinner platforms. A significant secondary effort was dedicated to modernizing the project's infrastructure and build tools, driven largely by a core group of dedicated contributors.

    Hardware support continues to expand. We're thrilled to introduce new LTS kernel v6.18 based images and support for exciting new boards like the SpacemiT MusePi Pro, Radxa Rock 4D, Orangepi RV2, Odroid M2, ... We've also brought back KDE Neon desktop builds and added RISC-V XFCE desktop support for those exploring new territory.

    Our user tools have received major upgrades too. Armbian Imager now features faster decompression, enhanced security with code signing for macOS and Windows, AI-powered translations, and a new settings panel with developer options. Behind the scenes, we've strengthened our build infrastructure to keep everything running reliably as we grow.

    Whether you're trying the new stable kernel or experimenting with our latest builds, this update reinforces our commitment to delivering a professional, accessible Linux experience for ARM and RISC-V hardware.

    Join Armbian at Embedded World 2026. Meet us in Hall 3, Booth 3-556 (Seeed Studio), where we’ll be showcasing the Armbian build framework and how it powers reliable, production-ready Linux for ARM devices.

    Download the latest release and experience Armbian today.

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    Armbian Imager eliminates the guesswork from flashing SBC images. Real-time board detection, persistent caching, and built-in safety make installation fast, simple, and risk-free
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    Armbian 2025: by the numbers
    Open hardware is growing faster than ever and breaking in new ways. 2025 has been a productive year for the Armbian project. As the Single Board Computer ecosystem continues to fragment and expand, Armbian has consolidated its position as the universal glue holding the open-source hardware world together. Our mission
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    The Evolution of SBCs
    The Evolution of SBCs: From Hobby Boards to Edge Computing Over the past two decades, single-board computers (SBCs) have transformed from experimental maker tools into the backbone of modern embedded and edge systems. What started as a handful of affordable hobby boards has grown into a diverse ecosystem powering automation,
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