7-zip or a similar software on Windows.

xz file, first you need to extract it! (might sound obvious but the first time I used a Raspberry Pi I made this mistake)

Now you need to flash the image into this card. This is the bare minimum, I advise you take a bigger card (16 or 32GB).

Your micro SD card should also have at least 8GB of space. As your SD card will serve as the complete OS for your Raspberry Pi 3 B+, you want something that is fast enough. The class is related to the writing speed. You can see the class of the card when you buy it. Make sure you get a class 10 micro SD card. You can now download an archive of the image (.xz extention).įlash the image into a micro SD card micro SD card requirements Go to the download page of the Ubuntu MATE website.Ĭhoose “Raspberry Pi for aarch32 (ARMv7) computers”Īnd then select Bionic Beaver (name for Ubuntu 18.04 release). You are learning how to use Raspberry Pi to build your own projects?Ĭheck out Raspberry Pi For Beginners and learn step by step.ĭownload the Ubuntu MATE image for Raspberry Pi 3 B+įirst you have to download the OS image. Plus, it’s nicely packaged for Raspberry Pi. Why MATE? Well, it runs the same Ubuntu as the “standard” Ubuntu, just with a different desktop environment.

Or you are just curious about trying new stuff!.

You may simply already use Ubuntu in your computer and some web servers, and you want to work on the Pi while keeping the same environment.

If you work with ROS (Robot Operating System), you know that the main supported OS is Ubuntu (at least for ROS 1.0).

The main supported OS for Raspberry Pi is Raspbian, an OS based on Debian, and adapted to the Raspberry Pi hardware.

What to do next with Ubuntu MATE on your Raspberry Pi 3 B+.

First steps with Ubuntu MATE 18.04 on Raspberry Pi 3 B+.

Download the Ubuntu MATE image for Raspberry Pi 3 B+.

Install slack ubuntu 18.04