CI-built Debian and Ubuntu images (uConsole-Image-Builder)
crossplatformdev's GitHub Actions pipeline builds flashable Bookworm, Trixie and Jammy images with a choice of eight desktops, on Rex's kernel.
What it takes
- Software only
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
ElijaxApps turned the uConsole build script into a GitHub workflow that produces releases automatically: Debian 12, Debian 13 and Ubuntu 22.04 for CM4 and CM5 (the thread also listed CM3), with GNOME, KDE Plasma, Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce, LXDE, LXQt or GNOME Flashback preinstalled — 48 variants across 24 releases, built with rpi-image-gen and the ak-rex kernel. Networking, desktop and SSH are enabled, login clockworkpi/clockworkpi, and a low-power kernel variant exists.
The author had only tested trixie-gnome at the time of posting, calls the images heavy compared with stock, and notes WiFi trouble on Ubuntu 24.04 with a CM4. The OS directory lists these builds alongside Rex's.
Links
Open at Forum thread- GitHubRepository
Related mods
The community's recommended OS: Debian 13 on Rex's patched Pi kernel, desktop and Lite variants, for CM3+, CM4, CM4S and CM5.
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.
Ubuntu on the uConsole kernel for CM3/CM4/CM5 — originally 24.04, now 26.04 on the 7.1.y kernel line.
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.