Ubuntu16.04 for Firefly arrived

peba · Posted at 9/20/2016 01:15:57

Last edited by peba In 9/21/2016 05:23 Editor

You could also try the Debian 8 image for the MiQi SBC on the Firefly board.
The current OS image from Benn Huang and mqmaker is based on kernel 4.4 and offers both 2D and 3D GPU acceleration, VPU acceleration for H.264 is also working via gstreamer. Currently I installed the beautiful Mate Desktop which works really well.
read more:
https://forum.mqmaker.com/c/miqi
https://forum.mqmaker.com/t/miqi-with-debian8-jessie/477
http://www.bitkistl.com/2016/08/miqi-sbc-v10-hands-on.html
http://www.bitkistl.com/2016/09/ ... -mini-computer.html

peba · Posted at 9/21/2016 03:12:52

Last edited by peba In 9/21/2016 03:17 Editor

Hi Aussie John, I do not know what will work on the firefly when you flash the miqi image on it. I do not own a firefly board so I can't test. Why not also buy a MiQi board ? It should not take too long until the firefly developers will provide an updated image with all drivers needed for the firefly board. Rockchip has decided to actively support Linux Distributions (Debian from linaro) on its SOC's like the RK3288. Read about the Rockchip toolbox here:
http://www.bitkistl.com/2016/09/the-rockchip-toolbox.html
https://forum.mqmaker.com/