Welcome!

If you are new to single board computers, Arm or RISC-V devices such as the PinePhone or Pinebook Pro, and open source communities in general, then it may be all a bit too overwhelming at first.

This website will get you up to speed on everything you need to know.

Have fun!

Community

The most important asset we have at our disposal is our community. We foster an active, friendly and large community of developers, contributors and end-users like yourself. Across our various community-ran chats and forums there are tens of thousands of people willing to help with any issues you may encounter.

There are a wide range of communication protocols to choose from.

Staying up to date and more

There are many ways to stay up-to-date with PINE64 hardware and software news. We maintain a blog with frequent updates and notify the users of new content via social media, on our forum as well as  dedicated channels on the chat platforms. We publish a Community Update blog post on the 15th of each month. A summary of the Community Update is also available in video format on Youtube, Peertube and Odysee.

We also have a community hosted bi-weekly podcast, called the PineTalk, which is available on most platforms including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

To be notified of new blog entries, enter your email address in the widget at the bottom of this page.

PINE64 Wiki

All necessary Documentation for your device is available on the PINE64 Wiki. If you are a registered forum member, and have at least 3 moderated posts, then you are welcome to contribute material to device sections of your choice. Device sections also contain information that will help you get started with your project; this includes basics for beginners who may, for instance, require information about flashing the SD card or eMMC module, or proper troubleshooting protocols in the event of issues.

Operating Systems 

Regardless of which PINE64 device you received you will need an operating system to actually make use of it. PINE64 devices benefit from a wide-range of software support from partner projects as well as community developers. Devices such as the PinePhone, Pinebook Pro or the PineTab ship with an open source system preinstalled, but single board computers, compute and AI modules as well as other devices (e.g. the PineCube) will require you to install an operating system on your own. Suggested operating systems can be found in the device-grid below.

Single board computers

PINE A64(+)

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

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An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

PINE A64-LTS

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

ROCK64

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

ROCKPro64

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

Official Debian images for the ROCKPro64

Download

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

PINE H64

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

Devices

Pinebook

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution.

Download

Q4OS is a fast desktop oriented operating system based on Debian Linux

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

Pinebook Pro

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution which comes preinstalled on the Pinebook Pro

Download

A Linux distribution intended for phones and other mobile devices

Download

Kali Linux is a penetration testing distribution which offers builds for the Pinebook Pro

Download

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

PineTab

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

Preinstalled on the PineTab Ubuntu Touch offers a excellent mobile computing experience

Download

A lightweight Debian based distribution for mobile devices

Download

A Linux distribution intended for phones and other mobile devices

Download

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

PinePhone

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

An end-user friendly Arm Arch-based Linux distribution which comes preinstalled on the PinePhone

Download

A lightweight Debian based distribution for mobile devices.

Download

A Linux distribution intended for phones and other mobile devices

Download

Preinstalled on the PineTab Ubuntu Touch offers a excellent mobile computing experience

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

PineTime

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

Open Source watch firmware built for the Pinetime and preinstalled

Download

Wasp-os is a micropython based development environment and watch operating system for devices such as the PineTime

Download

PineCube

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

Compute & AI Modules

SOEdge

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

 

Currently only BSP Linux images are available for this board

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

SOPINE

Software Maturity

Recommended OSes

A lightweight Debian and Ubuntu based distribution for single board computers.

Download

Flashing system images

Click here for instructions. We recommend using Etcher flashing utility.

Misc

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