The latest release of Armbian, version 25.2, has been published, providing a compact systemic environment for single-board computers with processors based on ARM, RISC-V, and X86 architectures. This release supports various models such as Raspberry Pi, Odroid, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, Helios64, Pine64, Nanopi, and Cubieboard, which are based on processors from Allwinner, Amlogic, ActionSemi, Freescale/NXP, Marvell Armada, Rockchip, and Samsung Exynos.
Armbian utilizes DEBIAN and UBUNTU package bases for its assemblies, but all components are completely re-registered using its own assembly system with optimization techniques to reduce size, increase productivity, and implement additional protection mechanisms. The project offers support for over 30 Linux kernel options for different ARM and ARM64 platforms, with an SDK provided to simplify the creation of systemic images, packages, and distribution versions.
Notable features in the Armbian 25.2 release include support for new devices such as Rock 2a, Rock 2F, Nanopi R3S, Retroid Pocket RP5, and more. Improved support for Rockchip 3588 chips, updates to the RTW88 driver for wireless chips, implementation of automatic testing infrastructure for components in Wireless networks, and updates to the U-Boot bootloader and Linux kernel packages.
Additionally, new servers and mirror networks have been added to the assembly infrastructure, along with the implementation of Content Delivery Network (CDN) for bypassing locks when loading distributions from specific regions. The Armbian-config tool now includes the ability to quickly install packages like AdGuardHome, Pi-Hole, Home Assistant, and more.