OS Options & Multiboot

Stub — section skeleton authored 2026-06-27; prose to follow.

7.1 The PiFlux OS Ecosystem

7.2 Operating System Profiles

7.2.1 Raspberry Pi OS

7.2.2 Ubuntu

7.2.3 Kali Linux

7.2.4 Parrot Security OS

7.2.5 Twister OS

7.2.6 Batocera

7.3 Instant OS Swap via microSD

7.4 Multiboot Strategies

7.4.1 PINN (Pi Network Install)

7.4.2 BerryBoot

7.4.3 NVMe primary + SD alternate

7.4.4 Multiple physical SD cards

7.5 Boot-Selection Workflow

7.5.1 Configuring the Pi 5 bootloader order

7.5.2 Day-to-day OS switching

7.6 Add-On Driver Compatibility Matrix

Table 1 — 6. Add-On Driver Compatibility Matrix

Add-On	Pi OS	Ubuntu	Kali	Parrot	Twister OS	Batocera
M.2 NVMe	Confirmed	Confirmed	Confirmed	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	N/A
GPS (GPSD)	Confirmed	Confirmed	Confirmed	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	N/A
LoRa	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	N/A
Ext. WiFi Mod	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	Confirmed	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	N/A
SDR (Advanced Radio)	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	N/A
Active Cooling (fan PWM)	Confirmed	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	[VERIFY]	N/A

7.7 Resources

Table 2 — 7. Resources

Resource	URL
Raspberry Pi OS	https://www.raspberrypi.com/software/
Ubuntu for Raspberry Pi	https://ubuntu.com/raspberry-pi
Kali Linux ARM	https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-arm
Parrot Security OS	https://www.parrotsec.org/download/
Twister OS	https://twisteros.com/
Batocera	https://batocera.org/
PINN (Pi Network Install)	https://github.com/procount/pinn
BerryBoot	https://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot
Vol 3 — NVMe boot configuration	../../PiFlux/02-inputs/volume_sources/vol3.md