Releases
This page contains a list of all available releases and tools for the PinePhone Pro.
Arch Linux ARM
(Unofficial) Arch Linux ARM with choice of Phosh UI, Plasma Mobile, sxmo or barebones. Currently being maintained by the DanctNIX community (GitHub: danctnix, dreemurrs-embedded).
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Get both stable and test builds at GitHub releases.
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root (barebone only) |
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The GitHub page can be found here: dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch
A re-image of the above Arch image providing a Btrfs root partitioning has been made by user kaida.
Gentoo
There are unofficial Gentoo overlays with ebuilds for the PinePhone Pro. There are no images - the image must be built manually, including picking the kernel, bootloader and the desired desktop environment. The ARM64 version of Gentoo has to be selected. The PinePhone Pro will not boot with P-Boot but will boot with U-Boot, there is an ebuild for it.
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The overlay can be found under https://github.com/stealthgun/gjdwebserver-overlay
Notes
See https://stealthgun.tweakblogs.net/blog/19830/gentoo-on-a-pinephone-pro for the documentation.
| Please consider cross-compiling the software on the computer. Long compilation times and heat production can lead to a reduced lifespan of the phone. |
LuneOS
LuneOS is one of the original multi-tasking OS-es that runs on Linux. Based on HP/Palm’s webOS, merged with latest technology stack from LG called webOS OSE (a derivative of what LG uses on their Smart TV’s), software such as Qt5 and makes use of the Yocto build system.
Notes
In order to connect to the device using SSH/SCP via WiFi: You can simply connect via SSH/SCP via WiFi using the PinePhonePro’s IP address on port 22.
Manjaro ARM
Manjaro is a user-friendly Linux distribution based on the independently developed Arch operating system with the Plasma Mobile and Phosh desktop environment.
Mobian
An unofficial Debian build for ARM64 running with Phosh. The current version of the base Debian system is Debian Bookworm. See the installation instructions here. If you have questions about Mobian, please ask them in the Mobian Matrix room.
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| Tow-Boot required to be able to boot the images, see here! |
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The development is work in progress. The Mobian wiki can be found here.
In order to connect to the device using SSH/SCP via WiFi, you need to install SSH on the device. You can do this by executing the following in a shell: "sudo apt-get install ssh", afterwards you can connect via SSH/SCP via WiFi using the PinePhonePro’s IP address on port 22.
Kali Linux
The official Kali Nethunter images for PinePhone and PinePhone Pro have been released now. Get Nethunter App for your PinePhone’s Kali Linux.
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Default user for Nethunter Releases |
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Nemo Mobile
Nemo Mobile is the open source build of Sailfish OS with a open source UI called Glacier, based on Manjaro.
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The website of the Nemo Mobile UX Team can be found here. Please report bugs regarding the Nemo Mobile UI as GitHub issue.
NixOS
NixOS is a Linux distribution built on top of the Nix package manager using declarative configuration to allow reliable system upgrades.
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Not available yet.
postmarketOS
postmarketOS extends Alpine Linux to run on smartphones and other mobile devices. It offers various user interfaces (Phosh, Plasma Mobile, Sxmo, Plasma Desktop, Gnome 3, Kodi, XFCE4, […]).
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Note that images for the PinePhone Pro are in the "community" category of devices indicating some features may not work. You can also build your own image using pmbootstrap
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See the pine64-pinephonepro page of the postmarketOS wiki for details.
Rhino Linux
Rhino Linux is an Ubuntu-based distribution that uses the rolling-release model by tracking the devel branch of repositories. The port is currently maintained by Oren Klopfer (oklopfer).
Tow-Boot is required for installing Rhino Linux. Instructions for installing Tow-Boot to the PinePhone Pro can be found here. After Tow-Boot has been installed to your device, Rhino Linux installation just requires flashing the .img.xz to an SD or the eMMC.
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Rhino Linux Downloads (select Pine64 on the dropdown)
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Default user |
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Ubuntu Touch
A Mobile Version of the Ubuntu Operating System made and maintained by the UBports Community. The port is currently maintained by Oren Klopfer (oklopfer).
Tow-Boot is required for installing the latest version of Ubuntu Touch (20.04) to the PinePhone Pro. Instructions for installing Tow-Boot to the PinePhone Pro can be found here.
Installation instructions can be found at
this UBports post. After Tow-Boot has been installed to your device, Ubuntu Touch installation just requires flashing the .img.xz to an SD or the eMMC.
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Default user | Set during boot |
root |
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Scroll down to the middle of the GitLab project page, or directly here at the UBports website to see which features work.
Contributions and bug reports can be made at the UBports PinePhone Pro GitLab page. See UBports website for how to donate.
Multi-distribution image
| Work in progress; updating the distributions via their respective package managers may break the system. |
A PinePhone Pro analogue of the PinePhone multi-distro demo image. This image allows the user to switch between multiple Linux distributions without having to swap microSD cards.
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Clone this git repository and follow the instructions in the README to create a bootable microSD card.
Notes
The shell script in the repository above was derived from these instructions.
Various DPA Images
Multiple versions of unofficial images of various Debian-based distributions by the user DPA. They also contain some of DPA’s own software.
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The latest successful image builds can be found here: https://repo.dpa.li/apt/dpa-image-builder/images/?board=pinephone-pro
Notes
Most of these images are still in development / incomplete and DPA doesn’t have time to test them all, but they can still be useful as a starting point to get distributions running for which no other images have been created yet. DPA made these images because they wanted to run their favorite distribution, Devuan, on their phone.
In theory, these build scripts can create images for any Debian-based distribution which supports ARM64 and can be bootstrapped using debootstrap.
