Releases

Note that SOPINE images are also compatible with the PINE A64-LTS.

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:

• https://aosc.io/downloads/ (supports the microSD card and eMMC, 8GB or more)

Armbian

Armbian is a Linux distribution designed for ARM boards. They are usually Debian or Ubuntu flavored.

Download:

• https://armbian.hosthatch.com/archive/pine64so/archive/

FreedomBox

FreedomBox is a private server for non-experts: it lets you install and configure server applications with only a few clicks. For more information about FreedomBox, please visit https://www.freedombox.org.

Download:

• Direct download from FreedomBox site (418MB)

Notes:

• This is a headless build, not HDMI output.
• Please plug-in Ethernet cable first before initial power up. After power up for 10 minutes, using browser and type in https://fredombox.local to setup. Browser may warms for unsecure site and please proceed with exception.
• Freedom Manual: https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Manual

LibreELEC

LibreELEC is a “Just enough OS” Linux distribution combining the Kodi media center with an operating system.

Download:

• Pine A64+ build direct download from Libreelec nightly (look for LibreELEC-A64.arm-…-nightly-xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-pine64-lts.img.gz)

Notes:

• Nightly build for microSD and eMMC boot.

NEMS Linux

NEMS stands for “Nagios Enterprise Monitoring Server” and it is a modern pre-configured, customized and ready-to-deploy Nagios Core image designed to run on low-cost micro computers. To find out more on NEMS Linux, please visit their site.

Download:

• Direct download from pine64.org (supports the microSD card, 16GB or more, MD5 of the xz file is 5ad0d684296d50b4c1fcbac6db205ae0)
• Download torrent seed from NEMS Linux (supports the microSD card, 16GB or more, MD5 of the xz file is 6e2088922c5d197db8b8ba3057120389)

OpenEmbedded

OpenEmbedded is the build framework for embedded Linux. OpenEmbedded offers a best-in-class cross-compile environment. It allows developers to create a complete Linux Distribution for embedded systems. See https://www.openembedded.org/wiki/Main_Page for more information on OpenEmbedded.

Download:

• https://github.com/alistair23/meta-pine64/

Notes:

• OpenEmbedded/Yocto layer for the Pine64 boards
• This layer aims to support as many features as possible on Pine64 devices. Where possible the layer aims to use opensource and upstream projects avoiding custom forks and binary solutions.
• More information and instructions can be found in the repo readme: https://github.com/alistair23/meta-pine64/#building

OpenWRT

OpenWRT community build for microSD boot. The OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices.

Download:

• Direct download (look for pine64_sopine-baseboard-ext4-sdcard.img.gz and pine64_sopine-baseboard-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz)

Notes:

• This is headless build, please use serial console to configure

BSD

NetBSD

NetBSD is a free, fast, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source operating system. To learn more about NetBSD please visit NetBSD main page.

Download:

• Direct download (select PINE A64-LTS / SoPine with baseboard)

Notes:

• NetBSD community build for microSD boot
• Instructions concerning enabling SSH can be found here

Linux BSP SDK

Linux BSP Kernel 4.9

Download:

• Direct Download from pine64.org (5.40GB, MD5 of the TAR-GZip 7736e3c4d50c021144d125cc4ee047a4)

Android SDK

Android Oreo (v8.1)

Download:

• Direct Download from pine64.org (24.94GB, MD5 of the TAR-Gzip b0394af324c70ce28067e52cd7bc0c87)