Starting today, all Vivid Unit devices sold by UUGear will come pre-installed with Vivid Unit OS, our Debian 12 “Bookworm”-based desktop operating system built specifically for Vivid Unit.
This is an important step forward for Vivid Unit. The new system image provides a more modern Debian base, a cleaner desktop experience, and a clearer path for future updates and improvements.
Some highlights of the new Vivid Unit OS include:
- Bookworm-based system image
Vivid Unit OS is now based on Debian 12 “Bookworm”, replacing the older Debian 11-based system. - Clean and minimal desktop layout
The desktop environment has been refined to provide a simpler and cleaner out-of-box experience. - GPU acceleration enabled by default
GPU acceleration is now enabled out of the box. Users no longer need to run manual enable scripts after the first boot. - Updated VGP
The new major version of VGP brings significant performance improvements. - Updated VSA
The new major version of VSA adds gesture support, making Vivid Unit easier to operate directly from the touchscreen. - Updated VUE
VUE has been updated to support the newly released Vivid Unit Extender 2.
If you have Vivid Unit that has older system installed, you may download the Vivid Unit OS image here, and follow this instructions for installation (remarks: all data on eMMC will be lost!)
The build system for Vivid Unit OS is also open source and available on GitHub:
https://github.com/uugear/vivid-unit-os
We will continue improving Vivid Unit OS and use it as the main software platform for Vivid Unit going forward.