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

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