Mate is, at the time of writing, the recommended Ubuntu desktop to run under Raspberry Pi. It is a complete Ubuntu distribution with a nice desktop interface. Follow these steps to make it run in your GoPiGo3:
- Download the image from https://ubuntu-mate.org/download/, selecting the Raspberry Pi version (recommended): AArch32 (ARMv7). Burn the image onto a micro SD card. Afterward, place it in the slot in the Raspberry Pi, plug in a mouse and keyboard, connect to an HDMI screen, and then power on the board.
- The first time you initiate it, a setup assistant will guide you through the process of configuring the operating system. In this book, we assume that the Ubuntu user is named pi. Change the ...