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11 Apr 12:56

20240411

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20240411

ROCKNIX

ROCKNIX is a community developed Linux distribution for handheld gaming devices. Our goal is to produce an operating system that has the features and capabilities that we need, and to have fun as we develop it.

Licenses

ROCKNIX is a Linux distribution that is made up of many open-source components. Components are provided under their respective licenses. This distribution includes components licensed for non-commercial use only.

ROCKNIX Branding

ROCKNIX branding and images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

You are free to

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

ROCKNIX Software

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Installation

Download the latest version of ROCKNIX.
Decompress the image.
Write the image to an SDCARD using an imaging tool. Common imaging tools include Balena Etcher, Raspberry Pi Imager, and Win32 Disk Imager. If you're skilled with the command line, dd works fine too.

Installation Package Downloads

Device/Platform	Download Package	Documentation
Anbernic RG351P/M, Game Console R33S/R35S/R36S, ODROID Go Advance, ODROID Go Super, Magicx XU10	ROCKNIX-RK3326.aarch64-20240411.img.gz	documentation
Anbernic RG353P/M/V/VS/PS, RG503, Powkiddy RK2023, RGB10 Max 3, RGB30	ROCKNIX-RK3566.aarch64-20240411.img.gz	documentation
Anbernic RG552	ROCKNIX-RK3399.aarch64-20240411.img.gz	documentation
Hardkernel ODROID Go Ultra, Powkiddy RGB10 Max 3 Pro	ROCKNIX-S922X.aarch64-20240411-Odroid_GOU.img.gz	documentation
Hardkernel ODROID N2/N2+	ROCKNIX-S922X.aarch64-20240411-Odroid_N2.img.gz	documentation
Hardkernel ODROID N2L	ROCKNIX-S922X.aarch64-20240411-Odroid_N2L.img.gz	documentation
Gameforce Ace (default). Orange Pi 5 / Pi 5 Plus, Radxa Rock 5b, and Indiedroid Nova (must set dtb in extlinux.conf)	ROCKNIX-RK3588.aarch64-20240411.img.gz	documentation
Powkiddy x55	ROCKNIX-RK3566-X55.aarch64-20240411.img.gz	documentation

Upgrading

Download and install the update online via the System Settings menu.
If you are unable to update online
- Download the latest version of ROCKNIX from Github
- Copy the update to your device over the network to your device's update share.
- Reboot the device, and the update will begin automatically.

Update Package Downloads

Device/Platform	Download Package
Anbernic RG351P/M, Game Console R33S/R35S/R36S, ODROID Go Advance, ODROID Go Super, Magicx XU10	ROCKNIX-RK3326.aarch64-20240411.tar
Anbernic RG353P/M/V/VS/PS, RG503, Powkiddy RK2023, RGB10 Max 3, RGB30	ROCKNIX-RK3566.aarch64-20240411.tar
Anbernic RG552	ROCKNIX-RK3399.aarch64-20240411.tar
Hardkernel ODROID Go Ultra, N2/N2+/N2L, Powkiddy RGB10 Max 3 Pro	ROCKNIX-S922X.aarch64-20240411.tar
Gameforce Ace, Orange Pi 5 / Pi 5 Plus, Radxa Rock 5b, and Indiedroid Nova	ROCKNIX-RK3588.aarch64-20240411.tar
Powkiddy x55	ROCKNIX-RK3566-X55.aarch64-20240411.tar

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Change Log

New Features

The ROCKNIX team is pleased to announce full support for Powkiddy X55! thanks @ananjaser1211
The ROCKNIX team is pleased to announce full support for S922X platform! (Odroid Go Ultra / N2 / N2+ / N2L & Powkiddy RGB10 Max 3 Pro) thanks @spycat88 & @porschemad911
Add Supermodel SA - Segal Model 3 emulator (RK3588 devices). thanks @KeyserSoze1
Add Lime3DS SA emulator (S922X devices)
Add optional Panfrost build for S922X devices (source build only) thanks @porschemad911
Add OrangePi 5 Plus DTB to RK3588 build (will need to manually update extlinux.conf to point to correct DTB)
Add support for RGB30 v2 - instructions: https://github.com/ROCKNIX/packages/blob/main/CPU_Governor_RGB30_R2_v2.pdf

Updates

Kernel 6.8.5
U-boot 2024.04 (RK3399 and RK3566 builds)
Set default root password to rocknix
Clean up boot logic
Samba no longer requires password by default
Improve fan profiles
Mesa Panfrost Graphics drivers
Bump several Standalone and Retroarch emulators
Improve installer

Bug Fixes

RK3566 devices thermal settings
Fix docker build thanks @UzuCore
Fix several package source locations thanks @edemirkan
Fix RGB30 shutdown issue
Experimental RGB30 panel alignment (please let us know if you continue to have issues)
Fix several standalone emulator mappings and launchers
Access boot partition on Windows

Full Changelog: 2024032...2024041

Contributors

spycat88, edemirkan, and 4 other contributors

Assets 30

29 Mar 21:03

r3claimer

20240329

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20240329

ROCKNIX

Licenses

ROCKNIX Branding

ROCKNIX branding and images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

You are free to

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

ROCKNIX Software

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Installation

Download the latest version of ROCKNIX.
Decompress the image.
Write the image to an SDCARD using an imaging tool. Common imaging tools include Balena Etcher, Raspberry Pi Imager, and Win32 Disk Imager. If you're skilled with the command line, dd works fine too.

Documentation

Contribute

Play

Configure

Other

We are excited to announce the first release of ROCKNIX!

ROCKNIX is a custom linux gaming OS for Rockchip based handhelds. ROCKNIX started as a fork of JELOS by a few of the former JELOS team members. JELOS has reached EOL and will be archived. We took this opportunity to make a fresh start and start the new ROCKNIX project. All of the ROCKNIX builds (except for the RK3588 platform) use full stable upstream Linux, 6.8.2, and Mesa Panfrost GPUdrivers

Currently the following Rockhip SOC's and devices are supported:

RK3588 (GameForce Ace)
RK3326 (Anbernic RG351P/M/V, Hard Kernel OGS/OGA/OGA BE, Powkiddy RGB10, Game Console R33s/R36s/R35s, Magic XU10)
RK3399 (Anbernic RG552)

While we are sad that the JELOS project is coming to an end we are excited what the future holds for the ROCKNIX project.

Note worthy changes since the last JELOS release:

Update kernel to 6.8.2
Update GPU driver to Mesa 24.1
Add the SWAY Wayland compositor backend
Add additional Emulation Station features for several emulators
Additional emulator cores
Bring back auto system folder generation
Add Battery and Ram info to system information
GameForce Ace now supports eMMc installation
Drop several legacy BSP packages and patches no longer needed
Fix bugs like MPV controls, Sway issues, etc

We would first like to thank @fewtarius for starting the JELOS project

And we would also like to thank the following community contributors for their commits pulled into this release:
@wwark, @plampix, @stolen, @citral23, @spycat88, @swilde, @Sparticuz, @octopuserectus, @Oendaril, @macromorgan

And finally thank you to everyone else who has contributed to JELOS, the Linux community as a whole, emulator developers, and every other FOSS project that ROCKNIX depends on.