CubieBoard
CubieBoard is a name used for a series of ARM boards from Cubietech. It is also used to refer to just the first one of this series.
- Cubieboard
- Cubieboard2
- Cubieboard3, called Cubietruck
- Cubieboard4, called CC-A80
- Cubieboard5, called Cubietruck Plus
Cubieboard1 Specs
- System on a chip: Allwinner A10
- CPU: 1Ghz ARM Cortex A8
- GPU: Mali400
- RAM: 512MB/1GB
- Architecture: armhf
Can I put Debian on my CubieBoard?
Jessie should be installable on Cubieboard1 using u-boot 2014.04+dfsg1-2, linux-image-*-armmp 3.16.7-2, and the daily builds of the netboot or hd-media installer (20141124). Ethernet, USB, MMC and serial console all work out of the box. Instructions using debian-installer are available on the Allwinner page.
Unofficial images are also available, e.g. Cubian (see links section), which may have additional features enabled.
GPL Violations
The ?SoCs on the Cubieboards are produced by Allwinner, which is known for several GPL violations, although is now (2016) trying to address past failures, and work better with the community.
Links
Cubieboard manufacturer website
Debian prepared armhf based Debian image build and installation guide from the Sunxi wiki
Cubieboard main page on the Sunxi wiki
Ongoing efforts to include Allwinner support in the mainline Linux kernel
Blog post by Marco d'Itri on installing Debian on a Cubieboard