We’re happy to release our Ubuntu Bionic image for Nitrogen8M_Mini board. Since this board supports only Wayland graphical backend, the system is simpler than earlier systems with i.MX6, similar to i.MX8M system. We use Weston, the reference Wayland compositor in…
Debian 9.5 Stretch for Nitrogen8M board – October 2018 (kernel 4.9.x)
We’re glad to release our first Debian Stretch image for Nitrogen8M board. Since this board supports only Wayland graphical backend, the system is simpler than earlier systems with i.MX6. We use Weston, the reference Wayland compositor in this system, later…
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS for Nitrogen8M board – September 2018 (kernel 4.9.x)
We’re glad to release our first Ubuntu Bionic image for Nitrogen8M board. Since this board supports only Wayland graphical backend, the system is simpler than earlier systems with i.MX6. We use Weston, the reference Wayland compositor in this system, later…
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS for i.MX6/7 boards – June 2018 (kernel 4.9.x)
In the last month Canonical released a new LTS version of Ubuntu named Bionic. We are glad to offer new images of Ubuntu Bionic for i.MX6 and i.MX7 Nitrogen boards with the current 4.9.x_1.0.0 kernel. Now we changed to XFCE4…
Debian Stretch 9.2 for i.MX6/7 boards – October 2017 (kernel 4.1.15/4.9.x)
As it happens every other year, Debian released a new version of its distribution named Stretch. We are glad to offer new images for i.MX6/7 boards with the current 4.1.15 kernel. As earlier, we used XFCE4 desktop since it offers…
Update on BD-SDMAC WiFi/BT module
We introduced the Silex QCA9377-based BD-SDMAC few months ago and have some updates to provide. First, it is recommended to read our previous blog post which gives all the module details: https://boundarydevices.com/new-silex-wifi-802-11ac-bt4-1-module/ As a reminder, the module is supported in…
Debian Jessie 8.6 for i.MX6/7 boards – December 2016 (kernel 4.1.15)
For those of you who prefer Debian over Ubuntu, we’re glad to offer an updated Debian Jessie with the newest 4.1.15-2.0.0 kernel . The same good old XFCE4 was used since it offers the best trade-off speed/size for Debian…
Ubuntu Xenial for i.MX6/7 boards – August 2016 (kernel 4.1.15)
At last the new Long Term Support Ubuntu has arrived. It’s full name Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS, it will be supported for 5 years by Canonical (till April 2021). This time we created a MATE desktop, not an…
Android Lollipop 5.1.1 BETA release for i.MX6 boards
We are glad to release a new version of Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_VM. This release is a BETA release meant for testing and evaluation of the latest features and security enhancements of the…
Android Lollipop 5.0.0 ga release for i.MX6 boards
We are glad to release a new version of Android 5.0.0 (Lollipop) for all our platforms: BD-SL-i.MX6 (SABRE Lite), Nitrogen6x, Nitrogen6_Max, Nitrogen6_Lite and Nitrogen6_VM. This release went under the same testing as our KitKat release. We now recommend either KitKat 4.4.3 or Lollipop…
