The official Ubuntu images use u-boot as the bootloader. The u-boot binary built for the Pi 2 does not work on the Pi 3 and this is why there are separate images for the Pi 2 and Pi 3. However, the ...

It has been nearly two years since I tried Fedora, Manjaro and Ubuntu MATE on the Raspberry Pi 2 & 3, and there have been a lot of changes since then. Most for the better, such as the introduction of ...

Do you run Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi? If you do, there is a major boot change coming in Ubuntu 25.10 you will want to be aware of — but don’t worry, it’s for the better. Canonical software engineer ...

Compiling onto a Raspberry Pi 3b was proving to be difficult with the lack of good instructions. Follow the Compiling StepMania directions until the actual compile ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the exciting intersection of Linux and handheld gaming. Wimpress recently announced that he's working on Ubuntu MATE 18.04 ...

The recent Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release has garnered plenty of praise for its great performance on Intel/AMD hardware, both does the latest version runs as well on the ARM-based Raspberry Pi? I’m pleased ...

With the introduction of the Raspberry Pi 4 series, with more than 1GB of memory, it has become much more practical to install and run Linux distributions other than the standard Raspberry Pi OS ...

Ubuntu Linux follows a six-month release cycle—there's a new version every April and October. Interim releases like Groovy Gorilla are supported for "at least 9 months"—meaning if you're on the ...