First steps with Ubuntu MATE 18.04 on Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Then, click on “Flash!” and wait a few minutes.Įven if the image size is much lower than the actual SD card size, don’t worry: when installing, the image will expand to take all the available space. Then, all you need to do is select the image you just downloaded + extracted, and the SD card. Insert your micro SD card into your computer. This is a very handy multi-platform software for flashing SD cards.ĭownload Etcher and launch the software (no installation needed). To flash the image I recommend you use the open source Etcher software.
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On Linux, use unxz: unxz (if you don’t have unxz installed: sudo apt install xz-utils).7-zip or a similar software on Windows.xz file, first you need to extract it! (might sound obvious but the first time I used a Raspberry Pi I made this mistake) Now you need to flash the image into this card. This is the bare minimum, I advise you take a bigger card (16 or 32GB). Your micro SD card should also have at least 8GB of space. As your SD card will serve as the complete OS for your Raspberry Pi 3 B+, you want something that is fast enough. The class is related to the writing speed. You can see the class of the card when you buy it. Make sure you get a class 10 micro SD card. You can now download an archive of the image (.xz extention).įlash the image into a micro SD card micro SD card requirements Go to the download page of the Ubuntu MATE website.Ĭhoose “Raspberry Pi for aarch32 (ARMv7) computers”Īnd then select Bionic Beaver (name for Ubuntu 18.04 release).
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You are learning how to use Raspberry Pi to build your own projects?Ĭheck out Raspberry Pi For Beginners and learn step by step.ĭownload the Ubuntu MATE image for Raspberry Pi 3 B+įirst you have to download the OS image. Plus, it’s nicely packaged for Raspberry Pi. Why MATE? Well, it runs the same Ubuntu as the “standard” Ubuntu, just with a different desktop environment.