This release of UnofficialOS brings mostly updates, along with numerous bug fixes, multi-panel suppport for the rk3566 devices, and initial support for the PowKiddy RK2023.
Installation
Fresh Install
- Download the proper *.img.gz for your device.
- Extract the .img and flash the image to your microSD card using your favorite image writing tool (Balena Etcher, Raspberry Pi Imager, Win32 Disk Imager, dd etc.)
Upgrading Over the Air (OTA)
- While in Emulation Station (main screen) press Start.
- Scroll down to System Settings and press A.
- Scroll down to the System Update section and make sure Update Branch says "Stable".
- Highlight Start Update and press A.
Upgrading Manually
- Download the latest release .tar of UnofficialOS for your device.
- Copy the update .tar to your device to your device's update directory (/storage/.update) via SSH, SMB etc.
- Reboot the device, and the update will begin automatically.
IMPORTANT Instructions
RG351V ver.2
If you have a RG351V v2 and experience a white screen when booting UnofficialOS, follow the instructions here. This will have multi-panel support in the near future.
RK2023 Instructions
If you have a PowKiddy RK2023 and would like to use UnofficialOS on you device, please follow these instructions. Please be aware wifi is not working at this time.
- Download the image for the RG353P, and flash it to a sd as normal.
- After flashing completes, go into the UNOFFICIALOS partition.
- Open the extlinux folder, and open the extlinux.conf file in your favorite text editor.
- Replace the existing dtb line with the name of the dtb for the rk2023, rk3566-rk2023-linux.dtb in this case.
- Save your changes, and the sd card is now ready for the first boot in your device.
Change Log for UnofficialOS-20230427
- Time/date adjustment in ES @oOblik
- Multi-panel support thanks to @dfreivald
- Panel timings updated thanks to @TheGammaSqueeze
- Updated documentation
- Updated various emulators and Retroarch cores
Contributors
oOblik, dexwerx, and TheGammaSqueeze