11-17-2025, 07:49 AM
Hey everyone,
I am trying to install openSUSE on the PinePhone beta and cannot get the phone to boot the image that is provided on openSUSE as of 11-13-2025.
The links to KDE and GNOME on the main article page https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:PinePhone do not even work, and I found the only image fine in the directory which is less ideal since I wanted KDE.
Does anyone have any experience with getting the install to work? Or are we just dealing with a broken image on the openSUSE site.
My process has been to use Balena Etcher to flash this image:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositori...1.6.raw.xz
Sometimes etcher itself crashes on verification.
When I insert the microSD card to the phone, the screen remains blank and oscillates between a green and red light, which I guess means the image failed.
I tried this method using JumpDrive with the same result.
Does anyone know of a solution here? I appreciate it.
DM
I am trying to install openSUSE on the PinePhone beta and cannot get the phone to boot the image that is provided on openSUSE as of 11-13-2025.
The links to KDE and GNOME on the main article page https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:PinePhone do not even work, and I found the only image fine in the directory which is less ideal since I wanted KDE.
Does anyone have any experience with getting the install to work? Or are we just dealing with a broken image on the openSUSE site.
My process has been to use Balena Etcher to flash this image:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositori...1.6.raw.xz
Sometimes etcher itself crashes on verification.
When I insert the microSD card to the phone, the screen remains blank and oscillates between a green and red light, which I guess means the image failed.
I tried this method using JumpDrive with the same result.
Does anyone know of a solution here? I appreciate it.
DM