Rex's Debian Trixie 7.1.y image
The community's recommended OS: Debian 13 on Rex's patched Pi kernel, desktop and Lite variants, for CM3+, CM4, CM4S and CM5.
What it takes
- Software only
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
AK-Rex builds the images most uConsole owners run. The Trixie line is built with pi-gen, ships desktop and Lite variants for the uConsole (CM3+/CM4/CM4S/CM5) and the DevTerm, and takes kernel updates from his APT repository; the external WiFi antenna is already set in config.txt, uconsole-4g enable turns on the 4G card, kernel headers are included and the filesystem expands on first boot. The kernel line is tracked in the thread title (7.1.y at the time of writing) and trinity's OS directory calls these images the safest choice.
Downloads moved to images.ak-rex.com in July 2026, and the February 2026 rebuilds add the newer screen panels. Two caveats from the threads: a CM5 Lite needs its EEPROM updated before it boots reliably from SD (see the NVMe boot entry), and applying Raspberry Pi Imager's custom settings stops the image booting. The Bookworm 6.12.y and 6.6.y threads remain the reference for the older releases.
Links
Open at Forum threadRelated mods
The previous Debian release of Rex's line, still rebuilt for the new screens in 2026 — the fallback when something on Trixie is not ready yet.
Rex's Kali image for CM4 and CM5 on the uConsole kernel with the hardware presets; cuu's original CM4 build is documented on the ClockworkPi wiki.
Rex's Parrot OS build for CM3/CM4/CM5 in Home and Security editions, plus krokowitz's Security spin with RTL-SDR and ALFA drivers preinstalled.
Rex's build of DragonOS Pi64 — an Ubuntu 22.04 SDR distribution with the radio tools preinstalled — on the uConsole kernel for CM4 and CM5.
Ubuntu on the uConsole kernel for CM3/CM4/CM5 — originally 24.04, now 26.04 on the 7.1.y kernel line.
Rex's port of TwisterOS — a themed Raspbian derivative with Box86/Box64, Wine and Pi-Apps — for the uConsole and DevTerm.