20260817

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Install

See README.md for flashing instructions

Changelog

• Initial support for Retroid Pocket 5, Pocket Flip 2, Pocket Mini / Mini V2, Pocket Nova, and KONKR Pocket FIT Elite

• New experimental native sleep support:

  • Supported SM8550 devices can now test native sleep (s2idle or deep) instead of Armada’s fake suspend
  • Switch between native and fake sleep from Armada Control; changes apply immediately and persist across reboots
  • Fake suspend remains available as the safe fallback while native sleep is tested and refined

• New Armada Store Decky plugin:

  • Install and update emulators, launchers, streaming apps, and selected Decky plugins directly from Game Mode
  • Automatic Steam shortcuts and ability to add your own Non-Steam shortcuts
  • ES-DE system definitions for all included emulators (thanks @FeralAI)

• Armada Control improvements:

  • Global and per-game CPU core, Wine topology, process priority, scheduler, and environment variable controls
  • CPU governor selection for each power profile
  • Per-game settings for Non-Steam shortcuts

• Device improvements:

  • Improved Odin 3 Bluetooth (thanks @axunes), headphone routing (thanks @bernhardberger), experimental HDR support (thanks @enjihn), and haptics
  • Pocket EVO extra button mappings (thanks @jesherman)
  • Pocket DS dual-screen desktop support and improved suspend behavior (thanks @pacoa-kdbg)
  • Thor desktop keyboard now stays on the bottom display (thanks @tslmy)
  • More reliable suspend, resume, and power-button wake handling (thanks @Gaidzi)
  • Charging improvements for AYN Thor, Retroid Pocket 6, and devices using s2idle sleep

• Compatibility improvements:

  • Updated for Steam’s integrated FEX flow with a newer guest filesystem
  • FEX Multiblock enabled by default

• New boot splash:

  • Smoother handoff from early boot through Steam startup, shutdown, and applying updates

• More experimental features:

  • USB file transfer using MTP
  • Selectable Plasma Desktop or Plasma Mobile desktop mode (thanks @JPyke3)
  • ROCKNIX ABL auto updater (off by default)

• Kernel 7.2-rc7, Mesa 26.2.0, FEX 2608, CachyOS Proton 11 20260703, and ROCKNIX ABL 1.1.7

• Added Distrobox and DistroShelf with rootless container support (thanks @justradical)

• Integrated OpenGamingCollective gamescope (thanks @justradical)

• Improved Waydroid compatibility in Game Mode