Updated:(1-22-2021). TwisterOS Armbian beta 3 is here:
TwisterOS Armbian beta 3:
A Fully featured fast and lightweight OS for RK3399 SBC’s that works out-of-the-box.
(Currently is better supported on RockPi4B, RockPi4C & RockPro64 boards)
RK3399 boards w/4Gb RAM and a minimum of 16Gb microSD/eMMC is strongly recommended.
Armbian focal 20.04.1 LTS aarch64 based
5.9.14 Kernel
XFCE 4.16 DE, XFCE uses Xfwm4 VM
Latest Panfrost w/ HW acceleration on desktop
OpenGL 3.1 is also supported with fully updated Mesa 21.1.0
Kodi and MPV built-in with HW acceleration support
Docker Container support via Chromium browser for watching streaming services like
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, Hulu, Spotify.(requires to manually install a script)
Theme switcher fully integrated into all themes in Theme Twister App. (Reboot after change required)
Retro gaming emulators included like PPSSPP, DOSBOX-X, Mednaffe, Mesen, Mupen64Plus, PCSX ReARMed,
Retroarch (Tested functional, but not included), Redream, ScummVM, and many more…
BOX86 with latest updates included
uSD and eMMC booting supported. (RK3399 - NanoPi-M4 requires re-seat of HDMI cable on power on due to firmware limitations, and supports MicroSD at this time)
Several useful apps included on image such as: Steam, Lutris, Discord, My Android,
Wine Desktop, USBImager, LibreOffice suite, Transmission, Gimp, MELD, VLC Player, Audacious, etc.
9 OpenGL games are also included for your enjoyment.
Known issues:
Bluetooth audio is not working
Kodi repository is missing and needs to be installed manually
(sudo apt install kodi-repository-kodi)
Docker Container requires to apply some extra steps to fix a no HDMI audio issue.
(Fixed via pavucontrol, and selecting proper output device)
Edit /boot/armbianEnV.txt file and select correct DTB file that matches your RK3399 board
(Default DTB is RK3399-RockPi4B) | Case sensitive! | Example: rockchip/rk3399-rock-pi-4c.dtb
After first boot, resize EXT4 partition using Disks utility included
Default password is: asdasd
Overclocking and hardware profile support out-of-the-box.
If you want to have this screen size on Armbian hardware interface which is very different in its core, you have to support Armbian or hire some kernel developer to make a contribution of your choice to the public software. Someone has to develop / add support for it and its estimated from a few hours to few days of work.
Or use official Radxa hardware interface based OS. You can’t have everything at once.
Updated(02-06-2021): Twister OS Armbian version 1.1.0 update has been released!
There was a Mesa regression that was causing some Visual Artifacts on PPSSPP en mupen64 emulator with PSP and N64 roms. We have a fix for it, Please download it from official TwisterOS website:
Note:Games with box86 and Wine were also affect them. Now after Mesa fix, games such as age of empires 2,dune 2000,diablo 2,warcraft 3 and emperor battle for dune among others are working again.
Version 1.1.0 patch notes:
Added Mesa driver v20.3 to improve Wine and overall game compatibility
Added support for EXE file icons and double-clicking to launch with Wine
Updated PPSSPP launcher & shortcut to use Mesa v20.3
Is it possible to build latest Kodi somehow or add some of the kernel, ffmpeg patches to benefit MPV video playback?
LibreELEC from 20 days ago now includes several Rockchip fixes like
8/10 bit H265, 10-bit H264, experimental VP9, 4K@60hz etc.
