The issue has been published Linux- the Armbian 26.8 distribution, which provides a compact system environment for single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V and x86 architectures, supporting various models of Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, pine64, Nanopi and Cubieboard based on Allwinner, Amlogic, Actionsemi, Freescale / NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, Radxa and Samsung Exynos processors.
Batch databases are used to form assemblies. Debian и Ubuntu, but all components are completely rebuilt using a custom build system, incorporating optimizations to reduce size, increase performance, and apply additional security mechanisms. For example, the /var/log partition is mounted using zram and stored in RAM in compressed form, with data flushed to the drive once a day or at shutdown. The /tmp partition is mounted using tmpfs.
The project supports more than 30 kernel build variants. Linux For various ARM and ARM64 platforms. An SDK is provided to simplify the creation of custom system images, packages, and distribution editions. ZSWAP is used for swapping. Two-factor authentication is available when logging in via SSH. A box64 emulator is included, allowing you to run programs compiled for x86 processors. Ready-to-run packages for user environments based on KDE, GNOME, Budgie, Cinnamon, i3wm, Mate, Xfce, and Xmonad are available.
Main changes in Armbian 26.8:
- The installer has been rewritten and now comes as a module, armbian-config, instead of a separate script, and is covered by unit testing. SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) and MTD (Memory Technology Device) interfaces are now supported for working with flash memory, separate handlers have been implemented for eMMC and NVMe, and support for bootloader replacement has been added.
- The Armbian Imager toolkit has been updated to version 2.0. It provides an interface for selecting and loading system images, writing to an SD card, and initial system configuration. For boards based on Qualcomm chips with UFS (Universal Flash Storage) memory, the ability to flash firmware using the QDL (Qualcomm Device Loader) toolkit has been added. Detection of connected devices has been improved. Windows и LinuxThe ability to build UEFI images in the form of bootable Live ISOs has been introduced, which can be used with IPMI Virtual CD and cloud environments that only support the ISO image format.
- Core Linux Updated to version 7.1. A package with kernel 7.2, built for the rockchip64, meson64, mvebu64, sunxi, and bcm2711 platforms, is also available in the experimental repository.
- U-Boot bootloader has been updated to version 2026.07 for Rockchip RK35xx, Amlogic, i.MX6 and mvebu boards.
- A separate repository offers the latest drivers for wireless devices rtl8852bs, rtl8189es, rtl8192eu and uwe5622.
- Support for the following boards has been implemented:
- Anbernic RG DS and RG Vita Pro
- Radxa Cubie A7Z and Dragon Q6A/Q8B
- Seeed reComputer RK3576 and RK3588 DevKit
- TI BeagleBadge and TMDS64EVM
- Orange Pi 4 Pro and Zero 3W
- Sovol Zero and SV08
- Walnut Pi Box and 1B
- EmbedFire LubanCat 5IO
- LuckFox Nova
- SpacemiT K3 Pico-ITX
- Milk-V DuoS
- Avnet MaaXBoard 8ULP
- NanoPi NEO3 Plus
- KICKPI K3B
- Graperain G3568 v2
- EASY EAI Nano
- Mellow Fly C5
- CIX P1,
- Xiaomi Pad 6S Pro
- Tanix TX6S
- Support for the Banana Pi R2 board has been restored.
Source: opennet.ru
