7/23/2023 0 Comments Xonotic server piThough Martin’s tease is short of a full guarantee that Ubuntu desktop for Raspberry Pi is indeed happening, it’s a pretty solid indication that the team is aware of the demand and working towards catering to it in some capacity. Now, admittedly it’s not a major effort to install a full desktop environment on top of Ubuntu server right now - made easier by open source tool Desktopify - but having a bonafide desktop build available would offer quality, integration and testing benefits that are otherwise unavailable. In a recent Ubuntu Podcast episode, as noted by Joe Ressington, Martin says: “ Maybe, maybe …Ssh, it’s just right us right, don’t tell anyone, one of the things didn’t have on it is …maybe we’re working on Ubuntu desktop for the Raspberry Pi”. The question of when an official Ubuntu desktop image for the Pi might happen - if at all - is a regularly Googled one. While Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for Raspberry Pi is already a ‘thing’ it is a GUI-free server edition and not the fully-featured desktop that many would prefer to use. The recently announced 8GB Raspberry Pi certainly positions itself as a competent low-cost ARM-powered desktop PC, and one more than capable of running “full” desktop versions of Linux distros like Ubuntu. ![]() October’s Ubuntu 20.10 release may introduce official support for Ubuntu desktop on the Raspberry Pi, if a recent tease by Ubuntu desktop lead Martin Wimpress on the Ubuntu Podcast bears fruit. Your dream of being able to run Ubuntu desktop on the Raspberry Pi 4 may be closer to reality than you think.
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