Is a lightweight Debian or Ubuntu based distribution specialized for ARM developing boards.
What is Armbian?
- Lightweight Debian or Ubuntu based distribution specialized for ARM developing boards.
Compiled from scratch
It has powerful build and software development tools.
A vibrant community.
Supported chips
- Allwinner A10, A20, A31, H2+, H3, H5, A64
- Amlogic S805 and S905 (Odroid boards), S802/S812, S805, S905, S905X and S912
- Actionsemi S500
- Freescale / NXP iMx6
- Marvell Armada A380
- Rockchip RK3288
- Samsung Exynos 5422
Supported boards
Beelink X2, Orange Pi PC plus, Orange Pi Plus 2E, Orange Pi Lite, Roseapple Pi, NanoPi M1, NanoPi M1+, NanoPi Neo, NanoPi Neo2, NanoPi Duo, Le Potato, Espressobin, Pine64, soPine64, Pinebook A64, pcDuino2, pcDuino3, Odroid C0/C1/C1+, Banana Pi M2+, Hummingboard 2, Odroid C2, Orange Pi 2, Orange Pi One, Orange Pi PC, Orange Pi PC2, Orange Pi Prime, Orange Pi Win, Orange Pi Plus 1 & 2, Clearfog, Lemaker Guitar, Odroid XU4, Odroid HC1, Udoo Neo, Banana Pi M2, Orange Pi A31S, Cubieboard 1, Cubieboard 2, Hummingboard, Lamobo R1, Banana Pi PRO, Orange Pi mini A20, Olimex Lime A10, Olimex Micro, Olimex Lime 2, pcDuino3 nano, Banana Pi Plus A20, Udoo quad, Orange Pi A20, Olimex Lime 1, Banana Pi, Cubox-i, Cubietruck, Tinker Board, Miqi, Rock64
Common features
- Debian or Ubuntu based. Compiled from scratch.
- Install images are reduced to actual data size and resized at first boot.
- Root password is 1234. You are forced to change this password and create a normal user at first login.
- Ethernet adapter with DHCP and SSH server ready on default port (22)
- Wireless adapter with DHCP ready if present but disabled. You can use armbian-config to connect to your router or create AP.
- NAND, SATA, eMMC and USB install script is included. (nand-sata-install).
- Upgrades are done via standard apt-get upgrade method.
- Login script shows: board name with large text, distribution base,
kernel version, system load, up time, memory usage, IP address,
CPU temp, drive temp, ambient temp from Temper if exits, SD card
usage, battery conditions and number of updates to install.
See more information. Documentation