Updated Debian Desktop Release for PBP and RockPro64

• Kernel updated to 4.4.207 + additional Rockchip BSP commits
• USB-C Hubs Supported
• USB-C and USB3 suspend/resume fixed
• Chromium GPU Settings Optimized
• Firefox Intermittently Buggy Sound Fixed

Updated Debian Desktop Release!

• Kernel Updated: additional Rockchip commits from BSP kernel + Upgraded to 4.4.203
• Firefox graphics acceleration enabled

Updated Debian Desktop Release!

• Kernel Updated: Fully rebased to the latest Rockchip BSP commit, updated to 4.4.202, and further fixes and backports added
• Enabled virtualization and kvm in the kernel
• Added and fixed a bunch of pcmcia drivers
• Additional wireless drivers and fixes
• Updated chromium and firefox to latest releases
• Fixed the SD boot issue when booting using the emmc uboot
• Updated U-Boot with a couple fixes and also optimizations for compatibility with booting other distros
• Disabled WiFi power management to resolve instability
• Sound works after resuming from sleep

Pinebook Pro Production Release and Updated RockPro64 Release

• Kernel updated to 4.4.190
• Additional Rockchip commits added to kernel
• Boot-On LED added to UBOOT
• Boot priority changed when booting off eMMC. Order: SD -> USB -> eMMC
• Minor fixes to update script
• Firefox video playback fixed

Pinebook Pro Specific Updates:

• Tweaks for production version of mainboard
• CPU cores no longer shutdown when not needed - did not save enough power to warrant loss of performance
• U-Boot Updated to Latest Rockchip BSP Commit
• Green and Red LED Support - Green flickers to disk activity, Red is on in suspend
• Kernel device tree updates to reduce power during suspend
• PCIe / NVME Support Enabled
• Eth0 renaming fixed

Pinebook Pro Release and Update for RockPro64

• Kernel updated to 4.4.185
• CPU cores shutdown when not needed & come back on when needed (Saves power!)
• U-Boot Updated to Latest Rockchip BSP Commit
• Update Script to support pulling kernel and file-system updates
• Chromium Updated & Configured with Netflix, Spotify, and YouTube all working smoothly
• 4K@30fps Playback in MPV continued functionality
• Firefox Added
• Apt Dist-Upgraded
• Boot Splash Added
• Touchpad and Keyboard Settings Improved
• Compositor updated to Compton with optimized settings and hw accel

Updated Feature Complete Debian Desktop Release

• Kernel Updated to 4.4.180
• Additional Kernel Fixes
• U-Boot patched to fix weird issue where only some EMMC modules will not boot

Special thanks to y0sh for being the only volunteer to help test solutions to the emmc issue, as I was unable to reproduce it myself

Updated Feature Complete Debian Desktop Release

Additional PCIe related backports from later kernels and device tree fix for io domain voltage.

PCIe no longer crashes when PulseAudio is installed and PCIe now suspends and resumes correctly

Updated Feature Complete Debian Desktop Release

• Netflix and Spotify now play in Chromium
• Suspend and Resume support is now included
• AUFS drivers embedded into kernel
• CDN-DP firmware loading fixed
• LOTS of additional mainline back-ports and custom fixes
• Additional drivers included in kernel, including (but not limited to):
  • LOTS of networking stuff, such as VLAN and IPv6
  • Requirements for DOCKER containers
  • Additional Intel PCIe drivers
  • RAID support
• Additional PCIe driver fixes - Gen2 training now works
• Improved Networking Performance
• IR-Receiver support added to device tree

Feature Complete Debian Desktop - First Release

This is a custom Debian Mate desktop build based on my minimal image. The great majority of hardware features of the RockPro64, such as WiFi/BT SDIO module and PCIe, work on this image!
Please reference the aforementioned minimal build thread to learn of the details for a minimal Debian install.

This build is meant to bring full fledged desktop functionality to the RockPro64 (and, in the future, to the Pinebook Pro) with an appreciation for end-user ease of use. We hope that the image manages to balance out-of-the-box usability, an aesthetic look and performance with sparsity of preinstalled applications, so that each user can tweak the experience to their individual liking and use-case.

INCLUDED:

• Mate desktop at 1080p (with 4K as optional*) with Arc theme + icons, custom layout and background
• Glamor accelerated Xorg with window compositing; running smooth as butter on default settings
• Accelerated Chromium browser, with WebGL and WebGL 2.0 as well as accelerated video playback in browser - including 1080p Youtube and similar services
• SMPlayer: Accelerated playback of 1080p and 720p local media
• MPV Player: 4K @ 30fps playback of local media (right click 4k video -> select MPV Player)
• OpenGL 3D acceleration via GL4ES; so if you want to play games then you’re in luck!
• Set of common desktop utilities as well as some quality of life additions, including: LibreOffice, caja-share (SMB GUI), Synaptic Package Manager, Puseaudio (for GUI audio output source selection), Mate Tweak (for desktop tweaks), GPARTED, handy applet to set CPU governor (non-scaling by default), etc.
• Endless number of tweaks for smooth desktop performance

LOGIN:
User credentials: rock/rock
Root credentials root/root

FIRST BOOT:
The first boot will take longer to boot and then immediately reboot once time, this is to auto-size your system to the full capacity of your SD card or eMMC

REPORTING ISSUES:
This is an initial release of the OS image and, as with any such release, some things may not work as intended or break. To help us fix the issues you’re experiencing, please provide any relevant information when reporting problems; we presently don’t have a crystal ball on hand, so we are heavily reliant on logs to deduce the nature of the issue you’re experiencing. The preinstalled Hexchat takes you directly to #Rock64 in the IRC (please immediately change your nick using /nick after you enter the channel).

KNOWN ISSUES:

• Chromium cannot be updated (it has been removed from apt update list on purpose) as it is custom and updating will break it's functionality
• Installing Iceweasel (Firefox) via apt will not work - you need a custom deb (armhf) or compile from source
• Thunderbird doesn’t work, you probably need a deb (armhf) for it too, or a custom compilation.
• Some OpenGL 3D applications will either not work correctly with GL4ES OR will only work in full screen at native resolution of your monitor (e.g. Tux Racer Extreme) when downloaded via apt. For most of these, the fix is to compile from source with necessary flags, rather than installing via apt to get them working.
• LCD eDP and DSI / TP panels do not work … yet

UNTESTED:

• USB-C video output
• Cameras from PINE64 store