Desktopify

This project is discontinued ☠️

This project initially served as a PoC for bringing Ubuntu Desktop to Raspberry Pi when I worked at Canonical. Now that Raspberry Pi is a release target for Ubuntu Desktop, this project has no purpose.

Convert Ubuntu Server for Raspberry Pi to a Desktop.

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Introduction

Desktopify is a simple script to convert Ubuntu Server for the Raspberry Pi to one of the official Ubuntu desktop flavours.

We have a Discord for this project:

Installation

• Put an Ubuntu Server image for Raspberry Pi on a SDHC card.
• Boot the Ubuntu Server SDHC on a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 or 4.
• Login to the Raspberry Pi; username ubuntu and password ubuntu
  • You will be prompted to change the password
• Clone the project
  • git clone https://github.com/wimpysworld/desktopify.git
• Change your current directory to desktopify directory
  • cd desktopify
• Convert the server to a desktop
  • sudo ./desktopify --de ubuntu-mate

Usage

Usage
  ./desktopify --de <desktop environment>

Available desktop environments are
  lubuntu
  kubuntu
  ubuntu
  ubuntu-budgie
  ubuntu-kylin
  ubuntu-mate
  ubuntu-studio
  xubuntu

You can also pass the optional --oem option which will run a setup
wizard on the next boot.

TODO

• Emoji status

DONE

• Install GPIO utilities and libraries
• Enable Bluetooth
• Make sure it's Ubuntu on a Pi
• Make Network Manager the default backend
• Prevent low power WiFi mode
• Disable overscan
• Enable fkms driver
• Enable boot splash
• Enable Firefox hardware acceleration
• Create a snap
• Kubuntu
• Lubuntu
• Ubuntu
• Ubuntu Budgie
• Ubuntu Kylin
• Ubuntu MATE
• Ubuntu Studio
• Xubuntu
• Drop dpkg-architecture requirement
• Optimise Ubuntu MATE (Marco) window manager
• Enable initial setup
• Prevent pointless re-installs
• Install snaps
• Install gpio tools