I see that 18.04.2 Ubuntu Raspberry Pi 3 image download links are down everywhere. Does this mean we might be getting Pi 4 support soon?!?!?!? Let conspiracy theories start.
Maybe... maybe not.... the script that deploys the website was pointing at non-existent Beta 2 images... 
The downloads for the current versions has been fixed. 
I have two of the Pi 4's w/4gb on order ...should be here in a week. (Aug 16th.) Was hoping the Ubuntu Mate for the 4 would coincide, but my review here indicates there is NO date set.
Your efforts are appreciated by many. Thank You.
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Hi, I am very interested on the progress here. My Raspberry Pi 4 is ready and waiting for Ubuntu Server and/or Ubuntu Mate.
Keep up the good work.
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@Hal58 has written a guide on how to get the existing Ubuntu MATE 18.04 running on a Raspberry Pi 4, using Raspbian and a Raspberry Pi 3:
It's worth having a look in the meantime until a new image is produced.
Was super excited to get my raspberry pi 4!
The Rpi3 B+ was just not fast enough to make a server, but the Rpi4 is. Torrents, DVR for IP cameras, and video player (it should be better at 4k than my Nvidia Shield TV is).
Got the pi4 in, installed Raspbian, plugged in my 8TB external drive and of course, ERROR. Won't recognize file system. Checked for solutions, seems like not many people have the rpi4 yet so I couldn't figure it out. Tried multiple external drives, none of them work! No worries, I'll just install Ubuntu!
That got me here. Will have to wait! Excited for the first release!
What file system is on your hard drive?
Ntfs. Nothing fancy. I have not tried a freshly formatted drive. I cant.. I don't have an extra 8tb lying around to copy it over if it works.
All the drives work fine in windows.
The second post I made in that thread describes how to get a Pi4 up with MATE 18.04 via an upgrade from 16.04 and actually results in a more stable system. I have done it several times and just put a 4 GB Pi 4 in service as a workstation with an SSD in a USB3 enclosure with a clone of the 'PI_ROOT' partition on the SSD. Over 300 MB/s reported by hdparm and it is FAST!
The first procedure I documented has a glitch in that the system won't show the login prompt until I press CTRL-ALT-F1 (or F2, 3, etc) and then just wait and the login prompt will appear. Another problem that seems to appear in all installations is that is you don't see the powerup script try using the other HDMI connector. I have had different installations using alternate video ports.
That’s because Ntfs is a proprietary file system of windows. That’s why a Linux install can’t read the drives out of the box. There are some workarounds, but if you want to use the drive dedicated with the pi it’s better to reformat in something like ext4. Ubuntu is not going to help you with this any way better than raspbian.
There is a distro called RaspEX Build 190807 is now available to download, though it's not based on Ubuntu Mate: https://news.softpedia.com/news/raspex-project-brings-ubuntu-19-10-eoan-ermine-with-lxde-to-the-raspberry-pi-4-527133.shtml
It looks like Raspbian, which already works on the RPi 4.
Here is the way how I got Mate running on RPi4:
This method is based on installing Ubuntu Server and then replacing the firmware by Raspbian firmware and is based on the following instructions:
- Get image from:
- Unpack and burn into SD Card:
xz -d ubuntu-18.04.2-preinstalled-server-armhf+raspi3.img.xz
sudo ddrescue -D --force ubuntu-18.04.2-preinstalled-server-armhf+raspi3.img /dev/sdx
Insert/mount the micro SD card in your computer and navigate to the “boot” partition. Delete everything in the existing folder so it is completely empty.
- Download firmware from:
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/archive/master.zip
The latest firmware is everything inside master.zip “boot” folder (including subfolders). We want to extract everything from “boot” (including subfolders) to our micro SD’s “boot” partition that we just emptied in the previous step. Don’t forget to get the “overlays” folder as that contains overlays necessary to boot correctly.
- Create/Update config.txt and cmdline.txt
Navigate to the micro SD /boot/ partition. Create a blank cmdline.txt file with the following line:
dwc_otg.fiq_fix_enable=2 console=ttyAMA0,115200 kgdboc=ttyAMA0,115200 console=tty1 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rootwait rootflags=noload net.ifnames=0
Next we are going to create config.txt with the following content:
## Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on
[pi4]
[all]
hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080
hdmi_group=2
hdmi_mode=82
disable_overscan=1
- Final steps
Connect Ethernet cable, put in the card into RPI and boot.
It may take up to 10 minutes to boot, especially if mouse is not connected, so be patient.
Once Raspberry is running, connect to it using ssh, with user/password : ubuntu/ubuntu
and then run the following commands as root.
apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade
apt-get -y purge unattended-upgrades
apt remove flash-kernel initramfs-tools
apt-get -y install mate-desktop-environment lightdm
apt-get -y remove lxd lxd-client
apt-get purge cloud-init
rm -rf /etc/cloud/
rm -rf /var/lib/cloud/
apt-get -y install haveged
systemctl enable haveged
- Update firmware
Finally, you may want to update the firmware and install modules:
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware
cp -r firmware/boot/* /boot/firmware/
cp -r firmware/modules/* /lib/modules
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Image link updated; http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/releases/bionic/release/ubuntu-18.04.3-preinstalled-server-armhf+raspi3.img.xz
Does anyone know how long it usually takes to make an operating system like this compatible with the new hardware?
Ubuntu MATE isn't a full-time project unfortunately, so progress is crippled to everyone's free time. I know some members travel on business trips; have family duties or other priorities (e.g. 19.10 beta) which will result in even less time on the project for weeks at a time.
While it wouldn't take long for anyone to cobble together an image from existing parts (see previous posts), an official release will go through Quality Assurance to confirm all features are working smoothly and problematic bugs are fixed.
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if you want a stable and easy solution simply install mate in raspbian buster:
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Update
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -
Install mate
sudo apt-get install mate-core mate-desktop-environment -
Add mate as default environment for your user by adding this line
sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager
In the wizard, type the number corresponding to mate -
Install network manager and blueman:
sudo apt install network-manager network-manager-gnome blueman
sudo apt purge openresolv dhcpcd5 bluealsa -
Reboot and be happy:
sudo reboot
Cheers Uwe
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Hello dr-n,
i followed your guide to have mate desktop, and all works fine, BUT i have a problem.
I don't have the ability to access the wifi and the bluetooth, it's like the drivers are missing.
Obviously i'm using RPI4.
How can i do to solve???
Thanks