Making a microSDHC with Windows
If you want to make a microSDHC using Windows we recommend:
7-Zip to extract the image.
Win32 Disk Imager to write the image.
Re-size file system
There are no utilities included for automatic file system re-sizing. However, it’s not hard to do manually. Once booted:
sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk0
Delete the second partition (d, 2), then re-create it using the defaults (n, p, 2, enter, enter), then write and exit (w). Reboot the system, then:
sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk0p2
Enable and Disable X11
We created a simple utility called graphical to disable/enable the MATE desktop environment for easily creating a headless “server”. Executing graphical disable will present a console login on the next boot, with no X11 or associated services running. If you want to get the full Ubuntu MATE desktop back, run graphical enable and reboot.
Hardware accelerated video
Most videos will play with hardware acceleration using omxplayer which is pre-installed in Ubuntu MATE. However if you have MPEG-2 or VC-1 video video files then you will need MPEG-2 and/or VC-1 licenses from the Raspberry Pi Store.
Redirecting audio output
You can select which audio device omxplayer should output audio to.
For HDMI
omxplayer -o hdmi video.mp4
For 3.5mm audio jack
omxplayer -o local video.mp4
The sound will output to HDMI by default if both HDMI and the 3.5mm audio jack are connected. You can, however, force the system to output to a particular device using amixer.
For HDMI
sudo amixer cset numid=3 2
For 3.5mm audio jack
sudo amixer cset numid=3 1
Changelog2016-02-27 - Ubuntu MATE 15.10.3 for Raspbery Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 Added support for Raspberry Pi 3 integrated Wifi. Updated BlueZ 5.35 with patch to support the Raspberry Pi 3 integrated Bluetooth. Support for the integrated Raspberry Pi 3 Bluetooth is not working but we hope to have an update that addresses this soon.2016-02-26 - Ubuntu MATE 15.10.2 for Raspbery Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3 (internal testing build) Added support for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. No Raspberry Pi 3 integrated Wifi or Bluetooth support. Updated to Linux 4.1.18. Updated all packages to the current version in the Ubuntu 15.10 archive. Fixed an issue where the SSH host keys were not correctly regenerated on first boot.2015-12-21 - Ubuntu MATE 15.10.1 for Raspbery Pi 2 Update Migrated the build to Ubuntu Pi Flavour Maker project. Images are now XZ compressed, to save bandwidth and make them compatible with GNOME Disks. Added python-gpiozero and python3-gpizero 1.0.0 as packages. Updated Scratch to 20151111. Updated to Linux 4.1.15. Reverted change to /boot/config.txt so audio is not forced to output over HDMI because this introduced more compatibility issues that it solved.2015-10-22 - Ubuntu MATE 15.10 for Raspbery Pi 2 Final Release Added OMXPlayer GUI. Added YouTube Downloader. Added fake-hwclock. Added python-spidev and python3-spidev. Added python-codebug-tether and python3-codebug-tether. Added python-codebug-i2c-tether and python3-codebug-i2c-tether. Added file system integrity checking on first boot. Optimised first run of MATE Menu. Optimised LibreOffice icons. Reinstated oem-config, which has been patched for the Raspberry Pi 2. Now includes the Ubuntu MATE slideshow. Fixed udev rules and groups for accessing spi. Fixed Scratch, it now runs via a sudo wrapper. Simliar to how Raspbian does it except only Scratch can be executed with elevated privileges, not everything. Removed Compiz.2015-10-14 - Ubuntu MATE 15.10 for Raspbery Pi 2 Release Candidate Fixed framebuffer so it now uses 32-bit colour depth. Added Minecraft Pi Edition 0.1.1-4. Added Scratch 20150916. Added Sonic Pi 2.7.0-1. Added essential Python 2.7.x and Python 3.4.x libraries. Added raspi-gpio. Added python-rpi.gpio and python3-rpi.gpio. Added python-serial and python3-serial. Added python-picamera and python3-picamera. Added python-sense-hat and python3-sense-hat. Added python-astropi and python3-astropi. Added python-pygame and python3-pygame. Added udev rules for gpio, input, i2c, spi, vchiq. Added /usr/local/sbin/adduser.local hook to automatically add new users to the adm, gpio, i2c, input, spi and video groups. Added openssh-server with first-boot host key regeneration. Added graphical a utility to disable/enable the MATE desktop environment for easily creating a headless “server”. Updated to Linux 4.1.10. Now using the kernel, firmware and drivers from Raspberry Pi Foundation and includes rpi-update to easily update the kernel and firmware. Updated /boot/config.txt so it is now fully documented. Updated to raspi-copies-and-fills (high performance memcpy and memset) 0.5-1. Updated to xserver-xorg-video-fbturbo (an accelerated x.org driver) 0~git.20151007.f9a6ed7. Updated to omx-player 0.3.6~git20150912~d99bd86. Updated /boot/config.txt so when HDMI is connected audio is sent over HDMI by default. Enabled Plymouth to improve startup and shutdown performance. Removed oem-config.2015-04-22 - Ubuntu MATE 15.04 for Rapsberry Pi 2 Final Release Enabled Ryan Finnie’s PPA. https://launchpad.net/~fo0bar/+archive/ubuntu/rpi2 Many thanks to Ryan for adding Vivid as a build target. Changed from cfq to deadline I/O scheduler. Added xserver-xorg-video-fbturbo (an accelerated x.org driver) 0~git.20150305.e094e3c-1.15.04. Limited to hardware-accelerated window moving and scrolling. Added raspi-copies-and-fills (high performance memcpy and memset) 0.4-1. Added oem-config so first boot provides a setup wizard. Added rpi2-ubuntu-errata for facilitating post-release updates/migrations. Added sym-links to VideoCore utilties in /opt/vc/ for 3rd party script compatibility. Added f2fs support to the build script. Pre-built images available for download use ext4 because f2fs file systems can not be resized at present. Updated to Linux 3.18.0-20.21. Updated to flash-kernel 3.0~rc.4ubuntu54+rpi2.4. Updated to omxplayer 0.3.6~git20150402~74aac37. Updated to raspberrypi-firmware-nokernel 1.20150402.3ea439c-1. Updated to raspberrypi-vc (VideoCore GPU libraries) 1.20150323.7650bcb-1. Fixed /etc/network/interfaces so that the Ethernet device is now configurable via Network Manager. Removed openssh-server until host key regeneration can be integrated.2015-04-22 - Ubuntu MATE 15.04 for Rapsberry Pi 2 Beta 2 Enabled systemd as the init system. Added raspberrypi-vc (VideoCore GPU libraries) 1.20150301.0de0b20-3. Added omxplayer 0.3.6~git20150217~5337be8. Added linux-firmware. Added openssh-server.2015-03-07 Initial Release.