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ROCKNIX

ROCKNIX is a community developed Linux distribution for handheld gaming devices. Our goal is to produce an operating system that has the features and capabilities that we need, and to have fun as we develop it.

Licenses

ROCKNIX is a Linux distribution that is made up of many open-source components. Components are provided under their respective licenses. This distribution includes components licensed for non-commercial use only.

ROCKNIX Branding

ROCKNIX branding and images are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

You are free to

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
• ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

ROCKNIX Software

Copyright (C) 2024 ROCKNIX (https://github.com/ROCKNIX)

Licensed under the GPL License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-2.0/

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Installation

• Download the latest version of ROCKNIX.
• Decompress the image.
• Write the image to an SDCARD using an imaging tool. Common imaging tools include Balena Etcher, Raspberry Pi Imager, and Win32 Disk Imager. If you're skilled with the command line, dd works fine too.

Installation Package Downloads

Upgrading

• Download and install the update online via the System Settings menu.
• If you are unable to update online
  • Download the latest version of ROCKNIX from Github
  • Copy the update to your device over the network to your device's update share.
  • Reboot the device, and the update will begin automatically.

Update Package Downloads

Documentation

Contribute

• Building ROCKNIX
• Code of Conduct
• Contributing to ROCKNIX
• Modifying ROCKNIX
• Adding Hardware Quirks
• Creating Packages
• Pull Request Template

Play

• Installing ROCKNIX
• Updating ROCKNIX
• Controls
• Netplay
• Configuring Moonlight
• Device Specific Documentation

Configure

• Optimizations
• Shaders
• Cloud Sync
• VPN

Other

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Donating to ROCKNIX

Added support for the following Devices:

• Retroid Pocket Mini (SD865)
• MagicX XU Mini M (RK3326)
• Powkiddy RGB10X (RK3326)
• Powkiddy RGB20 Pro (RK3566)

Change Log

New Features

• RK3588: Add vulkan driver support Thanks @ginkage
• Add the following libretro cores:
  • bsnes-mercury-accuracy-lr
  • bsnes-mercury-balanced-lr
  • doublecherrygb-lr
  • melonds-ds-lr
  • panda3ds-lr (RK3588 only, experimental)
• Add debug packages vkcube, vkgears, vkmark, sdltouchtest
• Add wifi driver for Realtek RTL8851BU chipset
• Add NFS gamemount support Thanks @aenertia
• Add usb gadget support to RK3326 build Thanks @Simon-L
• S922X now updated to use mainline u-boot
• PPSSPP cheats, better default PPSSPP configs thanks @LaurensBosscher
• Anonymous userbase install stats tracking
• Split out RK3326 build into an A image and B image to support more devices, see the chart in the release to see which is which

Updates

• Update Linux to 6.11.x, RK3588 6.1 rk3
• Update u-boot to 2024.10 (RK3566, S922X, RK3399)
• Update Mesa to 24.2.5
• Update mali bifrost kernel drivers
• Update several graphics packages (Wayland, weston, xwayland, vulkan, sdl2 etc)
• Update several system packages to upstream libre elec.
• Update kernel firmware packages
• Update emulators, wine, box86/64.
• Update rocknix joypad for kernel 6.11+ support
• Update Art Book Next theme to have OLED black backgrounds, Noir Artwork thanks @tenlevels @Ant

Bug Fixes

• Fix several input drivers / mappings. R36S Thanks @Lana-chan and @SlyBouhafs
• Update Portmaster to fix memory leak. Thanks @portmaster team
• Fix fullscreen rendering of Portmaster ports with sway window manager
• Rockchip kernel and u-boot contrbutions. Thanks @macromorgan
• Fix several emulators / emulator launch scripts (scummvm-sa, gzdoom, etc)
• Fix cloud sync
• Fix EMULATION_DEVICE=no build option
• Fix Uart and Systemd output and shell
• Fix X55 booting when charger connected and powered off.
• Fix ES config sometimes becoming corrupt.
• Add several wifi / networking improvements.
• No longer scan portmaster subfolder to improve boot times, thanks @christianhaitian

Current Issues

• RK3326: OGA Black Edition internal Wifi driver no longer supported at this time, use older build if needed.
• S922X: devices will boot when off and charger connected due to move to mainline uboot\
• Exfat boot times longer due a kernel regression, looking for a fix but in the meantime cant try ext4 or fat32.

Thanks to all of our new contributors

• @rishooty made their first contribution in #421
• @unxmaal made their first contribution in #509
• @sudobash1 made their first contribution in #436
• @LaurensBosscher made their first contribution in #505
• @olivierschonken made their first contribution in #511
• @tiopex made their first contribution in #629
• @Simon-L made their first contribution in #645
• @ShigeakiAsai made their first contribution in #624

Full Changelog: 2024081...2024102