Hi everyone!

I wanted to share a project I’ve been working on to make running Kali Linux on the Radxa Dragon Q6A much easier and accessible for the community.

I have successfully created a surgically shrunken, universal Kali Linux image that can be flashed onto an SSD of any size. The final download is only around 3GB (compressed with XZ) to save bandwidth and storage. On the first boot, the partition will automatically expand, and you just need to run a quick resize2fs command to unlock your drive’s full capacity.

Hardware Status

• Working perfectly: HDMI Video, USB Ports, Bluetooth, Ethernet, Wi-Fi, SSH, and Remote Desktop (xRDP) out of the box.
• NOT Working yet: Audio/Sound. There is an active issue with the wcd938x codec driver that prevents sound output at the moment.

Because of GitHub’s browser upload limitations, the compressed image is split into two 1.5GB files. I have also included a SHA256SUMS file to guarantee data integrity before flashing. Full instructions on how to join the files, verify hashes, and flash the image are documented in both English and Portuguese.

You can find the repository and download the latest release here:  https://github.com/rafaelwms/kali-radxa-dragon-q6a

Feel free to flash it, test it out, and if anyone has insights on how to patch the audio codec driver, contributions and Pull Requests are more than welcome!

Hope this helps anyone looking for a solid native Kali experience on their Dragon Q6A. Cheers!