Recently the launch of Linux distribution "Armbian 20.08" which is characterized by providing a compact system environment for a variety of single board computers based on ARM
This ARM distribution It is based on Debian and Ubuntu and integrates a lightweight desktop environment (XFCE) to be able to offer an optimized system for low-performance computers, such as the Raspberry Pi, Banana PI, among others.
Despite its compact size, Armbian offers several pre-installed applications so that the user can start in a comfortable way. Among the applications that we can find are the "LibreOffice" office suite, the Firerox web browser, the Pluma text editor, among others.
Currently the distribution is compatible with the following devices:
- Banana Pi
- Banana pi m2
- Banana Pi M2 +
- Banana Pi Pro
- Beelink X2
- clearfog base
- clearfog pro
- Cubieboard
- cubeboard2
- cubi truck
- Outer Dreamcatcher
- Cubox-i
- Lemaker Guitar
- Libre Computer Project AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) [2]
- Free Computer Project ALL-H3-CC (Tritium) H2 + / H3 / H5
- Lamobo R1
- Olimex Lime
- Olimex Lime 2
- Olimex Lime A10
- Olimex Lime A33
- Olimex Micro
- Orange Pi 2
- Orange Pi 3
- Orange Pi Lite
- Orange PiOne
- Orange Pi PC
- Orange Pi PC +
- Orange Pi PC2
- Orange Pi R1
- Orange Pi Win
- Orange PiZero
- Orange Pi Zero 2+ H3
- Orange Pi Zero 2+ H5
- Orange Pi Zero +
- Orange Pi +
- Orange Pi + 2
- Orange Pi + 2e (Plus2e)
- Orange Pi 2G-IoT
- MQmaker Miqi
- Friendlyarm NanoPC T4
- Friendlyarm Nanopi Air
- Friendlyarm Nanopi M1
- Friendlyarm Nanopi M1 +
- Friendlyarm Nanopi Neo
- Friendlyarm Nanopi Neo2
- Android C1
- Android C2
- Android XU4
- Xunlong Orangepi 2
- Xunlong Orangepi lite
- Xunlong Orangepi one
- Xunlong Orangepi pc
- Xunlong Orangepi pc2
- Xunlong Orangepi pc +
- Xunlong Orangepi +
- Xunlong Orangepi + 2e
- Xunlong Orangepi Prime
- Xunlong Orangepi win
- Xunlong Orangepi Zero
- Xunlong Orangepi zero +2 h3
- Xunlong Orangepi zero +2 h5
- LinkSprite Pcduino 2
- LinkSprite Pcduino 3
- LinkSprite Pcduino 3 nano
- pine64
- pine64so
- pinebook64
- Rock Pi 4
- rockpro64
- Roseapple pi
- Asus Tinkerboard
- udoo
- Udoo Neo
Besides that the project supports more than 30 variants of kernel builds Linux for various ARM and ARM64 platforms.
Main novelties of Armbian 20.08
In this new version use Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian 10 package bases, but the environment it is completely rebuilt using its own build system with the inclusion of optimizations to reduce size, increase performance and apply additional protection mechanisms.
For example, the / var / log partition is mounted using zram and stored in RAM in compressed form and downloaded to the drive once a day or when the computer is shut down. The / tmp partition is mounted using tmpfs.
At first boot, an automatic login mode is implemented optional with options to assign a password to the root user and create a new user.
As for the novelties that are presented in this new version, the Added packages for Linux Kernel 5.7 support.
Besides that an offline mode of operation has been implemented, in which the services that make requests through the network are deactivated (time synchronization, installation of updates from repositories and checking the host).
As well Unification of Linux kernel configuration for different SoCs was carried out and support was added for Rockpi E, Rockchip RK322X, Odroid N2 + and Helios64 boards and SoCs.
Finally if you want to know more about it about this new version, you can check the details by going to the following link.
Download Armbian
For those interested in being able to download the new version of this distribution for your device, pThey can do it directly from the page from where we can find a list of all the ARM-based computers on which the distribution runs.
Regarding the tool you can use to record the image of the system, you can make use of Etcher which is a multiplatform tool or directly in Linux from the terminal with the help of the DD command or one that you consider pertinent.