Y2Linux 1.0 Beta 1 (Baseline 50)
Status: PUBLISHED as GitHub release baseline-50 (2026-10-16). The first public beta of Y2Linux and Y2Reborn: release 1.0.0-beta.1, Reborn 1.0.0-beta.1, kernel 6.18.56-y2linux-1.0.0-beta.1, update sequence 5000, Linux 5ac955f, Reborn e394c38, git tag baseline-50 in both repositories. Built with --public. Container suite 728 OK, all seal checks PASS (public distribution gate, no radio firmware). Milestone audit: BETA-1 in roadmap-gap-audit.
| Image | SHA-256 |
|---|---|
| BOOTIMG | 55e8ed3a685274c691e82ca4a18d0badb5b4c06a29ef0f995378f3e15547e004 |
| Y2ROOT | cc794c25917d64bad4ca0e7d08b3322a3f03c513ad239422a2aadcde267cb3c8 |
| RECOVERY | b58b8f68bde5390a2c0a0f5270f42ec719de40860ca25bfa19828b390b11a379 |
| Y2DATA (no SSH key) | 28149d30eb9b8f959537643c9bd3e980d1d5e904abff42f382b0912eecfdc343 |
Release contents
Y2Linux-1.0.0-beta.1-first-install.zip: BOOTIMG, RECOVERY (Y2 recovery image), Y2ROOT, Y2DATA, the scatterfiles for SP Flash Tool (one pass writes all four) and checksums. No MediaTek firmware, no SSH key.
- The signed over-the-air update (
manifest.json,manifest.sig, three payloads; keyplatform-v1-release-20261015). - Corresponding sources: Buildroot legal-info (package sources, patches, licences) and the Linux 6.18.56 archive;
Y2Linux and Y2Reborn at
baseline-50.
Since 49
| Change | Detail |
|---|---|
| Firmware watcher | Re-checks every maintenance pass and restarts the radios as stop + start with enough time (owner Firmware-drive test of 49, archive 154). |
| Software Update | A cancel or an older failure no longer hides a newer release (Reborn 476e281). Versions read "1.0.0 Beta 1". |
| Identity | Y2Linux and Reborn 1.0.0-beta.1. |
What the path to the beta brought (35–49): over-the-air updates through a Y2 recovery image with backup, readback and rollback; software restart fixed; the download screen; space for every update; firmware-free public images with the owner's own radio firmware; public codec set SBC, AAC (fdk-aac-free), LDAC. Reports 35–49.
Known gaps (also in the release notes)
Battery in sleep ≈8.3 mA vs stock ≈1.3 mA; rare slow display start after a restart (picture starts since 47); USB after deep-sleep wake not confirmed over many wakes; Bluetooth reconnect after a wake, AAC (fdk-aac-free) with AirPods not yet confirmed; full install from stock run on one player only.
Device results
- Owner installed Beta 1 over Wi-Fi from the release: "works" (owner, 2026-10-15). On-device check (version,
health, firmware, radios) pending; the player was not connected when the handoff was written.