Software

This page contains a list of all available releases and tools for the Pinebook.

Linux

AOSC

AOSC OS is a general purpose Linux distribution that strives to simplify user experience and improve free and open source software for day-to-day productivity. To learn more about AOSC, please visit the official AOSC website.

Download:

Default credentials

Default user

aosc/anthon

Armbian

Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM boards. They are usually Debian or Ubuntu flavored. To find out more about Armbian and available download options please visit the Armbian ROCK64 site.

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

✅

✅

✅

Download:

Default credentials

Root user

root/1234

Debian

Debian is an operating system and a distribution of Free Software. The forum thread for release can be found here.

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

✅

✅

✅

Download:

Installation:

Notes:

  • Installer offers automatic partitioning and full-disk encryption (LUKS), but only manual partitioning with a single ext4 partition has been confirmed to work.

  • Bootloader must be installed separately after installation, before rebooting.

  • WiFi driver kernel module must be provided during installation, or a USB network adapter used. (Android USB tethering works, with network driver rndis_host).

  • See also: Debian Netboot installer on the 1080P Pinebook under Software releases

DietPi

DietPi is a lightweight yet easy to setup and feature-rich Linux distribution, based on Debian. To find out more about DietPi, please visit the official documentation. Discuss the ROCK64 build on the PINE64 forum thread.

Download:

Default credentials

Root user

root/dietpi

Kali

Kali Linux is an Advanced Penetration Testing Linux distribution used for Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking and network security assessments.

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

✅

✅

✅

Download:

Default credentials

Default user

kali/kali

Slackware

Slackware is a very old, interesting, convenient and easy distribution. Visit the project’s website here (https://fail.pp.ua). You can follow the ongoing discussion about Slackware on the PINE64 forum (https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=9439).

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

❓

✅

❓

Download:

Default credentials

Root user

root/password

BSD Image Releases

NetBSD

NetBSD community build. To learn more about NetBSD please visit the NetBSD main page.

Download:

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

✅

❓

❓

Notes:

  • Instructions concerning enabling SSH can be found here

Default credentials

SSH and TTY user

root/[none]

OpenBSD

OpenBSD 6.6-snapshot, Community Build Image (FVWM2 WM). To learn more about OpenBSD please visit OpenBSD main page. If you need more information please ping: https://forum.pine64.org/member.php?action=profile&uid=12423.

warning

Outdated release

Download:

Default credentials

SSH and TTY user

pine64/pine64

Root password

pine64

Android Image Releases

Android 7.x

Android 7.1 Community Build Image [microSD Boot] by ayufan. It only works on the 14.1" and 11.6" Pinebook, not applicable to 1080P 11.6' Pinebook. Special thanks to ayufan, Icenowy, lennyraposo, longsleep, lukasz, tkaiser, Xalius and PINE64 community contributors. Please use good random IO access performance microSD card such as the Samsung EVO when trying out Android 7.1.

warning

Outdated release

Download:

  • ayufan’s GitHub, look for android-7.1-pine-a64-pinebook-x.x.x-xx.img.gz (for microSD cards with 4GB or more)

Notes:

  • Please allows some time (around 5 minutes) for the initialization process on the first boot.

Android 6.x eMMC

Android 6.0.1

Rootable build, online update (OTA) only works when the build is not rooted. The LCD resolution is 1366 x 768.

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

✅

❌

✅

warning

Outdated release

Download:

Notes:

  • microSD to eMMC

Android 6.0.1

Rootable build. The LCD resolution is 1920 x 1080.

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

❌

✅

❌

warning

Outdated release

Download:

Notes:

  • microSD to eMMC

Android 6.0.1

Rootable build. The LCD resolution is 1920 x 1080. Please use an high performance microSD card for Android. Please ignore the warning message regarding an corrupted SD on the home screen in the upper left corner.

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

❌

✅

❌

warning

Outdated release

Download:

  • For 8GB microSD cards from pine64.org (553MB, MD5 of the Gzip file CD27DF6083E6A4A5E7C8B986EB92FAA7, build 20181001)

  • For 16GB microSD cards from pine64.org (703MB, MD5 of the Gzip file 1376AAE8382E96FD7B45B0998A5CD6E9, build 20181001)

  • For 32GB microSD cards from pine64.org (867MB, MD5 of the Gzip file B54E7F323B316750654E385B078AEC58, build 20181001)

  • For 64GB microSD cards from pine64.org (734MB, MD5 of the Gzip file C8DBC6293EB51E58F91E27364C8C587D, build 20181001)

Notes:

  • microSD boot

/e/

/e/OS community build. To learn more about /e/OS, please visit the official website. Please check out this article on the Pinebook /e/ build. For a thread discussion please visit the PINE64 forum

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

❌

✅

❌

warning

Outdated release

Download:

Linux BSP SDK

Download:

Android SDK

Android Marshmallow (v6.0)

Download:

  • Direct Download from pine64.org (15.92GB, MD5 of the Zip file 12362D0B63EBF29FC363A50A942346D5)

Compatibility

Pinebook 11.6″

Pinebook 11.6" 1080p

Pinebook 14″

✅

❓

❓

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