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Radxa
Rock 5B Plus
Platinum16 imagescurrent 6.18.24vendor 6.1.115
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Tested and stable images hand-selected by the Armbian team for this board.
Armbian 26.2.6 Gnome
Ubuntu 26.04
Status
Stable
Size
1 GB
Build date
May 8, 2026
Armbian 26.2.6 Minimal (CLI)
Debian 13
Status
Stable
Size
290 MB
Build date
May 8, 2026
Minimal / IOT
Build date: May 8, 2026
| Distribution | Variant | Type | Kernel | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Minimal (CLI) | — | current6.18.24 | 298 MB | |
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Minimal (CLI) | — | vendor6.1.115 | 288 MB | |
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Minimal (CLI) | — | current6.18.28 | 317 MB | |
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Minimal (CLI) | — | vendor6.1.115 | 278 MB | |
Debian 13trixie | Minimal (CLI) | — | current6.18.28 | 316 MB | |
Debian 13trixie | Minimal (CLI) | — | vendor6.1.115 | 290 MB |
Desktop
Build date: May 8, 2026
| Distribution | Variant | Type | Kernel | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Gnome | — | current6.18.28 | 1 GB | |
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Kde Plasma | — | current6.18.28 | 1 GB | |
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Gnome | — | vendor6.1.115 | 1 GB | |
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Kde Plasma | — | vendor6.1.115 | 1 GB |
Dedicated Applications
Build date: Feb 12, 2026
| Distribution | Application | Type | Kernel | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian Sidsid |  Kali Linux | — | vendor6.1.115 | 543 MB | |
Debian 13trixie |  Home Assistant | — | vendor6.1.115 | 542 MB | |
Debian 13trixie |  OpenMediaVault | — | vendor6.1.115 | 407 MB | |
Debian 13trixie |  openHAB | — | vendor6.1.115 | 1 GB |
Rolling Release
Build date: May 13, 2026
| Distribution | Variant | Type | Kernel | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian 14forky | Minimal (CLI) | — | vendor 6.1.115 | 292 MB | |
Ubuntu 26.04resolute | Gnome | — | vendor 6.1.115 | 931 MB |
Build from source
Reproduce this exact image using the Armbian build framework
$ ./compile.sh BOARD=rock-5b-plus RELEASE=trixie BUILD_DESKTOP=no BUILD_MINIMAL=yes KERNEL_CONFIGURE=no
