Manjaro Linux - KDE-Plasma & XFCE for VIM1

Screenshots:
Neofetch

CPU Load with Youtube Video playing some in chromium not full-screen

When Video is paused

Fullscreen mode load

Found a V4L2 test Bench which is giving me this information.

Mate Screen

Mate Neofetch

Load with Libre Writer and Calc

KDE Neofetch

LibreCalc Load in KDE

Download from the link. All latest version starting from kernel 5.3.0 are by default working on Vim3. so vim1 users will have to change the dtb filename in uEnv.ini
https://yadi.sk/d/rYzimbOHPxI36w

Install Vim-1 Wifi Driver for Linux 5.2.0 with the follow command

sudo pacman -U [Filename]

How to install:
Download the image/zip file from the download location. Verify that the download completed successfully.

After that, install Etcher ( sudo pacman -S etcher if on Manjaro) and burn it to an SD card (8 GB or larger).

Put the SD card into SD card slot and boot it up. The Vim should recognize the SD card as a bootable device and boot from it.

On the first boot of 19.07, it will display an OEM type install. After you have made your choices it will reboot into your newly setup system.

Easy install wifi driver with pamac.

Khadas Vim 3 Users
Please use any image from Linux 5.2 and replace the following from uEnv.ini. Depending on their SOC Version.

meson-g12b-s922x-khadas-vim3.dtb
OR
meson-g12b-a311d-khadas-vim3.dtb

This will make it boot on VIM3.

VIM3 Known Issues

  • No Wifi. (No Drivers for Mainline Kernel)
  • Graphical Glitch
    Audio needs to be manually fixed by removing pulse-audio and running the g12-sound.sh script from download link.

VIM3 Screenshots
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Kernel Version

Bluetooth & Youtube

LibreCalc

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