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  Black screen
  O oklopfer

  @Rondarius thank you so much for testing this! So we can conclude that:

  1. The WiFi issue is due to the Mobian kernels, which do not have the firmware built in directly, unlike my older okpine kernels, but mine seem to struggle with Lomiri on 2025.4, which is why we switched to the Mobian ones
  2. The Lomiri black screen for 2025.4 on the PinePhone is definitely a hardware acceleration issue, the PinePhone Pro does boot it correctly

  I will see what I can do about fixing both of these problems. I have not bumped my kernel in a long time, so hopefully updating it would resolve the issues, but I am so far out of the habit that it will take a bit to fix. I will also take a look if the WiFi issues can be fixed externally without new kernels, and what dependencies might still be needed to get Lomiri working on the OG PinePhone.
  Once again, thank you massively!

  PINE64

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  Black screen
  O oklopfer

  That suggests that it may be a hardware acceleration issue then after all. I am guessing the Unicorn Mobile images should still work, will do some testing

  PINE64

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  Black screen
  O oklopfer

  @rondarius got it. I will try to look into it over the next few days, though it might not be until the weekend (hopefully sooner!). Thank you for reporting the issue, as we have not had a lot of users of the PinePhone images besides ourselves in testing.

  A few more quick questions:

  1. Do the 4 tuxes pop up at the start, before it goes black, or is it black always?
  2. Did you happen to also try a Unicorn Mobile image? If that one boots correctly, then you should still be able to install Lomiri on it after.

  We did have to re-split the kernels recently for these new images on the PinePhones, so my guess is that is likely where the issue is happening; that should become obvious if the Unicorn Mobile images don't work either. Unfortunately, my testing on the OG PinePhone was limited this development cycle and I was mostly focused on the PineTab2 and PinePhone Pro, so that is my fault for not thoroughly testing it more.

  In any case, this will surely help us with releasing updated images, so once again thank you for the report!

  PINE64

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  Black screen
  A ajstrongdev

  @rondarius Just following up but does this mean that you were able to get the Lomiri images to boot? :)

  PINE64

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  Favorite Rhino Desktop
  A ajstrongdev

  For me, personally on Desktop PC’s I like to use stock Unicorn, and for laptops (or anything with a trackpad) then GNOME!

  General Discussion

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  Black screen
  O oklopfer

  Hello Rondarius, good to see you! First boot on the Lomiri images, for whatever reason, takes several minutes to fully load. The PinePhone may be extra slowed due to lacking GPU acceleration. I would try leaving it for upwards of 10 minutes, and if it still does not work, then get back to me on this thread.

  Cheers!

  PINE64

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  Rhino Linux 2025.4 out now
  E elsie19

  It's the end of the year, and 2025.4 snapshot images are here!

  It's been a quiet few months, but we are proud to announce our end-of-year snapshots.

  To upgrade to 2025.4, please run rpk update -y

  Our key highlight this time around is the release of our UBXI Lomiri Desktop package, and our first official UBXI spin images, featuring Lomiri on PINE64 devices. This key delivery is tied to our sponsorship with UBports, and we hope you are as happy as we are that it has come to fruition. If you want to try out Lomiri on other devices, the ubxi-lomiri-desktop package is also available from Pacstall.

  Rhino Linux in 2026

  We are planning on shaking up our release process for the upcoming year, with the goal of more frequent snapshot releases. Often we have held our releases back due to specific platforms experiencing issues, where others have been prepped and ready. We intend to break this up so that tried and tested images make their way through the cycle, without being bogged down and held behind by other platforms. In addition, we aim to have more smaller, maintenance-style releases, featuring the latest package updates, so that upgrades do not build up for so long. By breaking up our release process, we hope that we can continue to iterate and resolve issues at a more timely pace than we previously had.

  With this new process, not every release will necessarily be worthy of a blog post. Throughout the year, we will still be providing "Updates to Rhino Linux" blogs at a similar frequency to our current cycle, with a collection and breakdown of our changes from the last time we posted about them.

  Finally, we are still actively working towards several commitments we made in 2025, with us now aiming to release additional UBXI packages and disk image spins sometime in the new year, as well as improving our OS builder workflows and documentation.

  Read the full release announcement here: https://blog.rhinolinux.org/news-24

  Website: https://rhinolinux.org/
  Download: https://rhinolinux.org/download
  GitHub: https://github.com/rhino-linux
  Donate: https://opencollective.com/rhino-linux-and-pacstall

  Many thanks and happy holidays rolling,
  The Rhino Linux Team

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  Favourite colour?
  O oklopfer

  PINK, specifically hex code #FF00FF aka RGB 255,0,255

  General Discussion

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  Pacstall: The Beating Heart of Rhino Linux
  A ajstrongdev

  @oklopfer Oh absolutely and I love how mutually beneficial our relationship is with Pacstall. Both Rhino Linux and Pacstall have shaped each other massively over time.

  General Discussion

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  Pacstall: The Beating Heart of Rhino Linux
  O oklopfer

  Completely agree. We have said as a team that while Rhino Linux is not the only distro with Pacstall, it is the distro made for Pacstall. Pacstall has also developed significantly to adapt to Rhino Linux.

  General Discussion