autumn release 2025 - snapdragon sdm835/msm8998 and sc7180 windows on arm systems

• IMPORTANT: please be aware that the linux support for those systems (sdm835/msm8998: asus novago tp370ql, lenovo miix 630, hp envy x2 - sc7180: samsung galaxy book go, acer aspire 1 a114-61) is very limited and there is not that much happening right now which might change this, so use those images only if you want to have some kind of linux running at all on those systems or even better if you want to help improving the linux support for them (see: https://github.com/velvet-os/imagebuilder/tree/main/systems/snapdragon_835 and https://github.com/velvet-os/imagebuilder/tree/main/systems/snapdragon_7c_woa for details)
• for more info see: #400
• for more info about how to use those images see (like the typical: which username and password to use): https://velvet-os.github.io/
• in case of problems downloading the images see: #373
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

autumn release 2025 - starfive visionfive 2, banan pi f3

• for more info see: #400
• for more info about how to use those images see (like the typical: which username and password to use): https://velvet-os.github.io/
• in case of problems downloading the images see: #373
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

autumn release 2025 - x86_uefi, x86_mbr, atom_x86_with_32bit_uefi

• for more info see: #400
• for more info about how to use those images see (like thew typical: which username and password to use): https://velvet-os.github.io/
• in case of problems downloading the images see: #373
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

autumn release 2025 - snow, peach, nyan, veyron

• for more info see: #400
• for more info about how to use those images see (like thew typical: which username and password to use): https://velvet-os.github.io/
• in case of problems downloading the images see: #373
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

autumn release 2025 - gru, oak, kukui, trogdor, corsola

• for more info see: #400
• for more info about how to use those images see (like thew typical: which username and password to use): https://velvet-os.github.io/
• in case of problems downloading the images see: #373
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

240526-01 - experimental tiny alpine image for the milk v duo 64mb riscv64 sbc

• this is just an experimental testing image
• see: https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder/tree/main/systems/milk_v_duo
• based on alpine edge riscv64
• the v5.10.4 milk-v legacy kernel is used
• no display or gpu support as the kernel does not easily support any display hardware and the devices do not have a gpu
• it is intended only for running the system from an sd card
• username/password is as usual linux/changeme
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

240525-01 - experimental tiny alpine image for bouffalo lab bl808 based riscv64 mcu devices like the sipeed m1s dock or the pine64 ox64

• this is just an experimental testing image
• see: https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder/tree/main/systems/bouffalo_lab_bl808
• based on alpine edge riscv64
• the v6.5.11 close to mainline kernel used is based on the openbouffalo project kernel
• no display or gpu support as the kernel does not yet support any display hardware and the devices do not have a gpu
• it is intended only for booting the bootloader from the builtin flash and running the system from an sd card
• username/password is as usual linux/changeme
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

240521-01 - experimental debian sid image for the banana pi f3 riscv64 sbc

• this is just an experimental testing image
• see: https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder/tree/main/systems/bpi_f3
• based on the debian sid/unstable riscv64 port
• the v6.1.15 kernel used is based on the legacy bpi f3 kernel tree
• framebuffer console is used, also for xorg
• no gpu support as i'll not touch this until a proper open source driver is available - the legacy img stuff is just a waste of time to play around with ...
• has some features typical for the images here: btrfs rootfs with zstd compression, zswap with zstd compression, mgrlu enabled by default
• it is intended only for booting and running from an sd card (emmc not tested and will most probably not work)
• username/password is as usual linux/changeme
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

240519-01 - experimental debian sid image for the starfive visionfive2 riscv64 sbc

• this is just an experimental testing image, actually an updated version of the one from last year which is now using the regular debian sid repos as riscv64 is finally included there now
• see: https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder/tree/main/systems/starfive_visionfive2
• based on the debian sid/unstable riscv64 port
• the v5.15 kernel used is based on VF2_v2.10.4 of the starfive visionfive2 kernel tree and some patches from the icenowy star64 kernel tree - it is still the old kernel from last year as it works fine and if one wants to play around with special features building an own kernel will be required anyway
• framebuffer console added (part of the patches mentioned above)
• a v5.15 backport of mglru added (multigen lru mm patches, which were merged into v6.1 mainline and improve performance especially in low memory situations)
• no gpu support as i'll not touch this until a proper open source driver is available - the legacy img stuff is just a waste of time to play around with ...
• has some features typical for the images here: btrfs rootfs with zstd compression, zswap with zstd compression, mgrlu enabled by default
• please switch the dip switches on the board to "sd", i.e. upper one (marked rgpio_1) to 0 (marked ON on the dip switch, i.e. default setting) and lower one (marked rgpio_0) to 1 (marked 2 on the dip switch, i.e. oposite to the default setting) to boot directly from the sd card as this image has sbi/u-boot included in its boot blocks (taken from the 202302 starfive debian image)
• username/password is as usual linux/changeme
• in case an image should not properly boot on your system, then please add a comment here: #130
• in case everything is working well, feel free to leave a comment here: #141

240112-02 - experimental debian bookworm image for snapdragon 835/msm8998 based laptops like the asus novago

• for more information see: https://github.com/hexdump0815/imagebuilder/blob/main/systems/snapdragon_835/readme.md
• those images are very much work in progress and only ment for others who might want to help brining up linux support for such systems - they are basically running, but a lot of things are not working yet or not properly yet, so they are really nothing for daily use - use them at your own risk as the bringup of those systems is still in its very early stages
• v6.6.9 kernel from linux-stable (no longer from some special msm8998 repo)
• this image is essentially just a move to a newer kernel (v6.6 lts) and it has a few little fixes and improvements here and there, no major progress otherwise
• currently supported are the asus novago, someone booted the last image successful on a lenovo miix 630 and it might also work on the hp envy x2 (there are entries for all three in the grub menu - please always select the correct entry for your device as booting with the wrong device tree might harm the device worst case)
• WARNING: except if you really really really know what you are doing, do not do anything with this internal storage and especially do not simply try to install linux on any of those storage devices as it is very easily possible to completely brick the device by messing up those partitions without any option to recover from that situation - even if the internal storage is accessible, please only run linux from sd card or usb!