01-11-2016, 08:49 AM
To get Ubuntu support or any other distribution, you need a version of the Linux kernel and a "rootfs".
There is such a version of the Linux kernel and the rootfs is actually ready to attach to the kernel. The rootfs has been mentioned in another thread.
It is easy and there should be Ubuntu images for the Pine64 pretty soon.
However, there will be no Unity 7 because there is no graphics acceleration for the traditional Linux GUI.
It is the same problem with almost all other ARM developer boards including the Raspberry Pi.
It is though possible to get graphics acceleration with Unity 8 because it does not use the traditional Linux GUI.
Unity 8 is used in those Ubuntu phones.
If people contribute, it should be easy to have official Ubuntu Snappy Core support. That one is for IoT,
and has no graphics. Volunteers made such images for other boards like the Raspberry Pi and the BBB.
There is such a version of the Linux kernel and the rootfs is actually ready to attach to the kernel. The rootfs has been mentioned in another thread.
It is easy and there should be Ubuntu images for the Pine64 pretty soon.
However, there will be no Unity 7 because there is no graphics acceleration for the traditional Linux GUI.
It is the same problem with almost all other ARM developer boards including the Raspberry Pi.
It is though possible to get graphics acceleration with Unity 8 because it does not use the traditional Linux GUI.
Unity 8 is used in those Ubuntu phones.
If people contribute, it should be easy to have official Ubuntu Snappy Core support. That one is for IoT,
and has no graphics. Volunteers made such images for other boards like the Raspberry Pi and the BBB.
