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@github-actions github-actions released this 09 Nov 14:49
v2026.11.09-1448
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🍓 KRubus ARM64 (Debian 13 Trixie / KDE Plasma 6 Wayland) for Raspberry Pi 5 & CM5

Ready-to-flash Btrfs desktop image for Raspberry Pi 5 and Compute Module 5, powered by the KRubus +pi5 APT repository (-mcpu=cortex-a76+crypto -O3, Graphite loop-nest optimization, LTO, 16K ELF page alignment, and a custom 1000 Hz rpi-2712 kernel).

✨ Key Release Highlights

  • 🖥️ Pure KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland): SDDM Wayland (kwin_wayland), KScreen, PowerDevil DDC/CI brightness support, KDE Discover + Flathub pre-configured, Dolphin (kio-admin), Konsole, Kate, Gwenview, Okular, Ark, Spectacle, Skanpage, Partition Manager & KDE Connect.
  • 🚀 Cortex-A76 Optimized +pi5 Repository: Pre-configured with https://gamingtux.github.io/KRubus (Pin-Priority: 1001) so all system, multimedia, Qt6, KF6, Plasma 6, and kernel updates arrive automatically via APT / KDE Discover.
  • 🐧 Dual Cortex-A76 1000 Hz Kernel (16K & 4K Page Size): Ships with both kernel_2712.img (16K default for maximum desktop throughput) and kernel8.img (4K page size for Box64, Wine, Steam & x86 emulators — switchable via First-Boot Wizard or sudo krubus-kernel-mode 4k).
  • 🗄️ Flash-Friendly Btrfs Root Filesystem: Adaptive transparent compression (compress=zstd:1 on NVMe SSDs for 3+ GB/s throughput, compress=zstd:6 on MicroSD/eMMC/USB for maximum cold-read speed & flash longevity), noatime,nodiratime,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2, automatic first-boot partition expansion, and RAM-backed /tmp.
  • 🧠 Dynamic ZRAM, MGLRU & Storage Tuning: Up to 4 GB low-latency lzo-rle ZRAM swap (zero SD/NVMe swap wear), MGLRU 1000 ms working-set protection, 0.5 ms schedutil boost, NVMe APST freeze protection (5500 µs), EarlyOOM, NVMe (none), SD/eMMC (mq-deadline), 4-core RPS/RFS & GICv2 IRQ affinity.
  • 🌐 Hardware-Accelerated Firefox: Raspberry Pi BCM2712-accelerated Firefox with Wayland DMABUF zero-copy, V3D WebRender, Widevine DRM, and flash-safe RAM-only cache.
  • 🧙 Interactive TTY1 First-Boot Wizard: Configure keyboard layout, language/timezone, hostname, Wi-Fi, custom username/password, SDDM autologin, and optional hardware tweaks (PCIe Gen 3, 2.8 GHz OC, USB 1.6A boost, SSH, I2C/SPI, Bluetooth) on initial boot.

📥 Flashing Instructions

  1. Download image_2026-11-09-krubus-arm64-pi5-plasma6-btrfs.img.xz.
  2. Flash directly to an NVMe SSD, MicroSD card, or eMMC using Raspberry Pi Imager (Use Custom) or Balena Etcher.
  3. Boot your Raspberry Pi 5 / CM5 — the Btrfs root partition expands automatically and launches the First-Boot Setup Wizard.

🔐 SHA256 Checksum

1eba3c6bf6cc87fced9f1c7ad09e287b7664108bd3714cf9008d2cfa30ed905b  image_2026-11-09-krubus-arm64-pi5-plasma6-btrfs.img.xz
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KRubus KDE Plasma 6 - Pi 5 & CM5 ARM64 Btrfs Image (v2026.11.09-0056)

KRubus KDE Plasma 6 - Pi 5 & CM5 ARM64 Btrfs Image (v2026.11.09-0056)

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@github-actions github-actions released this 09 Nov 00:57
v2026.11.09-0056
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🍓 KRubus ARM64 (Debian 13 Trixie / KDE Plasma 6 Wayland) for Raspberry Pi 5 & CM5

Ready-to-flash Btrfs desktop image for Raspberry Pi 5 and Compute Module 5, powered by the KRubus +pi5 APT repository (-mcpu=cortex-a76+crypto -O3, Graphite loop-nest optimization, LTO, 16K ELF page alignment, and a custom 1000 Hz rpi-2712 kernel).

✨ Key Release Highlights

  • 🖥️ Pure KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland): SDDM Wayland (kwin_wayland), KScreen, PowerDevil DDC/CI brightness support, KDE Discover + Flathub pre-configured, Dolphin (kio-admin), Konsole, Kate, Gwenview, Okular, Ark, Spectacle, Skanpage, Partition Manager & KDE Connect.
  • 🚀 Cortex-A76 Optimized +pi5 Repository: Pre-configured with https://gamingtux.github.io/KRubus (Pin-Priority: 1001) so all system, multimedia, Qt6, KF6, Plasma 6, and kernel updates arrive automatically via APT / KDE Discover.
  • 🐧 Dual Cortex-A76 1000 Hz Kernel (16K & 4K Page Size): Ships with both kernel_2712.img (16K default for maximum desktop throughput) and kernel8.img (4K page size for Box64, Wine, Steam & x86 emulators — switchable via First-Boot Wizard or sudo krubus-kernel-mode 4k).
  • 🗄️ Flash-Friendly Btrfs Root Filesystem: Adaptive transparent compression (compress=zstd:1 on NVMe SSDs for 3+ GB/s throughput, compress=zstd:6 on MicroSD/eMMC/USB for maximum cold-read speed & flash longevity), noatime,nodiratime,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2, automatic first-boot partition expansion, and RAM-backed /tmp.
  • 🧠 Dynamic ZRAM, MGLRU & Storage Tuning: Up to 4 GB low-latency lzo-rle ZRAM swap (zero SD/NVMe swap wear), MGLRU 1000 ms working-set protection, 0.5 ms schedutil boost, NVMe APST freeze protection (5500 µs), EarlyOOM, NVMe (none), SD/eMMC (mq-deadline), 4-core RPS/RFS & GICv2 IRQ affinity.
  • 🌐 Hardware-Accelerated Firefox: Raspberry Pi BCM2712-accelerated Firefox with Wayland DMABUF zero-copy, V3D WebRender, Widevine DRM, and flash-safe RAM-only cache.
  • 🧙 Interactive TTY1 First-Boot Wizard: Configure keyboard layout, language/timezone, hostname, Wi-Fi, custom username/password, SDDM autologin, and optional hardware tweaks (PCIe Gen 3, 2.8 GHz OC, USB 1.6A boost, SSH, I2C/SPI, Bluetooth) on initial boot.

📥 Flashing Instructions

  1. Download image_2026-11-09-krubus-arm64-pi5-plasma6-btrfs.img.xz.
  2. Flash directly to an NVMe SSD, MicroSD card, or eMMC using Raspberry Pi Imager (Use Custom) or Balena Etcher.
  3. Boot your Raspberry Pi 5 / CM5 — the Btrfs root partition expands automatically and launches the First-Boot Setup Wizard.

🔐 SHA256 Checksum

571c4b802b85ff9807deacf0e6510272f50d5e55602437a28857c3e93e3151a5  image_2026-11-09-krubus-arm64-pi5-plasma6-btrfs.img.xz
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KRubus KDE Plasma 6 - Pi 5 & CM5 ARM64 Btrfs Image (v2026.11.07-1840)

KRubus KDE Plasma 6 - Pi 5 & CM5 ARM64 Btrfs Image (v2026.11.07-1840)

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@github-actions github-actions released this 07 Nov 18:41
v2026.11.07-1840
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🍓 KRubus ARM64 (Debian 13 Trixie / KDE Plasma 6 Wayland) for Raspberry Pi 5 & CM5

Ready-to-flash Btrfs desktop image for Raspberry Pi 5 and Compute Module 5, powered by the KRubus +pi5 APT repository (-mcpu=cortex-a76+crypto -O3, Graphite loop-nest optimization, LTO, 16K ELF page alignment, and a custom 1000 Hz rpi-2712 kernel).

✨ Key Release Highlights

  • 🖥️ Pure KDE Plasma 6 (Wayland): SDDM Wayland (kwin_wayland), KScreen, PowerDevil DDC/CI brightness support, KDE Discover + Flathub pre-configured, Dolphin (kio-admin), Konsole, Kate, Gwenview, Okular, Ark, Spectacle, Skanpage, Partition Manager & KDE Connect.
  • 🚀 Cortex-A76 Optimized +pi5 Repository: Pre-configured with https://gamingtux.github.io/KRubus (Pin-Priority: 1001) so all system, multimedia, Qt6, KF6, Plasma 6, and kernel updates arrive automatically via APT / KDE Discover.
  • 🐧 Dual Cortex-A76 1000 Hz Kernel (16K & 4K Page Size): Ships with both kernel_2712.img (16K default for maximum desktop throughput) and kernel8.img (4K page size for Box64, Wine, Steam & x86 emulators — switchable via First-Boot Wizard or sudo krubus-kernel-mode 4k).
  • 🗄️ Flash-Friendly Btrfs Root Filesystem: Adaptive transparent compression (compress=zstd:1 on NVMe SSDs for 3+ GB/s throughput, compress=zstd:6 on MicroSD/eMMC/USB for maximum cold-read speed & flash longevity), noatime,nodiratime,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2, automatic first-boot partition expansion, and RAM-backed /tmp.
  • 🧠 Dynamic ZRAM, MGLRU & Storage Tuning: Up to 4 GB low-latency lzo-rle ZRAM swap (zero SD/NVMe swap wear), MGLRU 1000 ms working-set protection, 0.5 ms schedutil boost, NVMe APST freeze protection (5500 µs), EarlyOOM, NVMe (none), SD/eMMC (mq-deadline), 4-core RPS/RFS & GICv2 IRQ affinity.
  • 🌐 Hardware-Accelerated Firefox: Raspberry Pi BCM2712-accelerated Firefox with Wayland DMABUF zero-copy, V3D WebRender, Widevine DRM, and flash-safe RAM-only cache.
  • 🧙 Interactive TTY1 First-Boot Wizard: Configure keyboard layout, language/timezone, hostname, Wi-Fi, custom username/password, SDDM autologin, and optional hardware tweaks (PCIe Gen 3, 2.8 GHz OC, USB 1.6A boost, SSH, I2C/SPI, Bluetooth) on initial boot.

📥 Flashing Instructions

  1. Download image_2026-11-07-krubus-arm64-pi5-plasma6-btrfs.img.xz.
  2. Flash directly to an NVMe SSD, MicroSD card, or eMMC using Raspberry Pi Imager (Use Custom) or Balena Etcher.
  3. Boot your Raspberry Pi 5 / CM5 — the Btrfs root partition expands automatically and launches the First-Boot Setup Wizard.

🔐 SHA256 Checksum

860393e9d027a24fdcf6cf2bb37a38b9db55de99abedf60678236a9cb42f5e2d  image_2026-11-07-krubus-arm64-pi5-plasma6-btrfs.img.xz
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