# Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip

Ubuntu for Rockchip RK35XX Devices

Repository: https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ubuntu-rockchip
Homepage: https://joshua-riek.github.io/ubuntu-rockchip-download/
Language: Shell
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: arm, orangepi, ubuntu, embedded, linux, arm64, kernel, uboot, orangepi5, rk3588, rockchip, sbc, firmware, rk3588s, nanopi, radxa, rock5, rk3576
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-09-13T16:08:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 41, release rhythm 28, longevity 95
- inputs: {"age_days": 1331, "days_push": 354, "days_rel": 680, "gap_med": 47, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4109, forks 512 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:35.703750+00:00)

## What it is
A community project that builds and maintains Ubuntu images for Rockchip RK35xx-based single board computers like the Orange Pi 5, Radxa ROCK 5, and NanoPi R6 series. It provides stable, apt-updatable Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 LTS desktop and server images with working GPU acceleration, Wayland GNOME, and hardware video playback.

## Use cases
- install Ubuntu on an Orange Pi 5 or Radxa ROCK 5B
- run a desktop Linux environment on an RK3588 single board computer
- set up a home server on a Rockchip SBC with apt updates
- get working 3D acceleration and 4K video playback on RK3588
- flash a prebuilt Ubuntu image to an SD card for a NanoPi or ArmSoM board
- use Ubuntu Server with SSH on a headless Rockchip board

## When to choose
- you own a supported Rockchip RK3566/RK3576/RK3588 board and want a mainstream Ubuntu experience
- you want regular updates via apt instead of vendor-specific image rebuilds
- you need a desktop with GPU acceleration or smooth 4K video on an SBC
- you want a stable community-maintained alternative to vendor Android or Debian images

## When to avoid
- your board is not on the supported devices list
- you need a different distribution such as Debian, Fedora, or Armbian
- you require mainline kernel support or features outside the Rockchip 5.10/6.1 vendor kernels
- you need real-time or certified Ubuntu Core images

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: embedded, developer-tools, self-hosted
- domain: operating-systems, embedded-systems, self-hosted, cross-platform
- platform: embedded
- tags: ubuntu, rockchip, rk3588, single-board-computer, firmware, arm64, sbc, orangepi, radxa, nanopi, linux, arm

## Member repositories
- Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.703750+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:23:12.362587+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Joshua-Riek/ubuntu-rockchip (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:35.703750+00:00, sha 835026af46cf)
  - homepage: https://joshua-riek.github.io/ubuntu-rockchip-download/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:14:38.692189+00:00, sha 55cb851fb3eb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.