I think I met Ubuntu around 2005, it was so new idea that time, much easier than Red Hat or so (yeap, there was a time RH was free). It is nice to see Ubuntu is still here, 17 years later ;-)
I'm very partial to Debian, but I'm very impressed. This is exactly the type of distro to bring on new users to Linux. I think I'm actually going to try this out.
Been using Ubuntu MATE for years now on my Raspberry Pi, an old laptop and a VM. Pantheon is also my favourite desktop layout, it looks great and is very user friendly.
I've been running Ubuntu Mate on my pc for years now. I started because of the similarities to Gnome 2 (greatest desktop ever) and I stayed for Martin Wimpress tireless skill, work and dedication to the Linux desktop.
Thanks haven’t used Mate for awhile, been debating coming back to it as I have been using Lubuntu quite happily but worried about how the underlying Ubuntu is now developing. Could be time for a return to Mate.
I've been running Ubuntu Mate on my Pi for a year, recently it updated to this version. It really isn't bad. My only gripe is that you need 2 software stores. Besides Software, you also need Software Botique as not everything is available in Software.
I added Mate to my overclocked Pi 8gig. I think it may be the best one I have tried so far. I want to get it on a SSD and see how it goes. Thanks for the video.
OK OK OK - you sold my on it. I have been meaning to try this out on my Pi 4. Looks great and should run great too, better than manjaro KDE and maybe twister OS too. Thanks for the video as always great job! Cheers.
This also runs great on the Pi 4 / 400 CM4 My Linux setup part 3 64bit KDE plasma Raspberry Pi 4 / 400. Download Links. ruclips.net/video/dkd3rZyiuE0/видео.html
finally got mount and blade warband running on he pi with this OS! i think all you need is both box86 and box64 installed through pi apps (on 64bit OS) and a linux copy of the game from GOG, (and mesa drivers maybe?) it wouldnt work on twister for whatever reason or any other os i tried, but on this build it just starts right away? might have been an issue with box64 but i havent seen many people trying to play this on the pi so im not sure, the os itself is also very fast and responsive with a mouse, great desktop OS
also to run it at a decent rame rate you need to change the resolution to 1280x720 and set it to windowed mode by editing the config file called ".mbwarband" its found in a hidden folder in your home (pi) directory, you can also optimize the game to run even faster through there or with some kind of a mod but im not sure how you would do it on ubuntu
Your Ubuntu Mate demo appears to be very responsive. Is that entirely due to the M.2 or is the video edited? If you didn't edit out the processing time, would you please post a video comparing Pi performance using an SD, hard drive and SSD?
I will sometimes cut the process down to keep the video more interesting. See these two videos. Windows 95 setup Raspberry Pi 4 Dosbox Pure. Lakka Retroarch. ruclips.net/video/NGcNUW3LfCc/видео.html Windows 98SE setup Raspberry Pi 4 Dosbox Pure. Lakka Retroarch. ruclips.net/video/gKAO13LBnkc/видео.html I was using Ubuntu Mate from an SD card. It is still very useable.
I had a look at the Argon ONE and I was impressed how it was all in one package, I was IN LOVE!!!.... until I discovered that the m.2 runs at only USB3 speeds :/ And I wanted to MAX IT OUT!!! lol So I found a board from Waveshare called the CM4-IO-BASE-B that (obviously) uses the CM4 and the m.2 runs at pci-e 4x Gen speeds (I THINK it's only 4x but it MIGHT be 8x) - So that is THE fastest storage you're gonna get on a Pi hands down :) Now the only thing I have to do is find a reason to need that much bandwidth LOL Oh and you can make the m.2 your boot drive, or the eMMC (which I don't have on my CM4) or microSD or USB - you can also flip a switch connect the Pi to your computer through the USB-C to USB-A and the eMMC shows up as a drive... but I've been wondering if the m.2 would show up as the drive since I don't have the eMMC I think the original reason I wanted to use the m.2 was so I could pop it into my desktop and copy over all of my... umm... game backups ;) nice and quickly.... you know how long it would be transferring them all with an SD card... which gets about 35MB/s on desktop... I don't understand why tho... even my USB stick is that same speed, no matter if I plug them into USB3 ports.... they must both be USB 2 :/ (oh and I was just look back at some comments I wrote to you before and I was pretty rude, idk why I was a jerk to you but I REALLY want to Apologize and say I'm sorry for being so rude. You've taught me A LOT on your channel and you keep me driven to continue with my SBC journey, and I treated you very disrespectfully... Especially when I TRYING to be funny about pronouncing router 'rooter' - I'm pretty sure that's how you guys say over on the Isles and I was really rude about... I guess I was trying to be funny, but it didn't come off that way in the slightest :( sorry bro. I've gotta start thinking about what I'm saying/typing before type it and re-read it before I hit that comment button....Again, Sorry if I was a real d1ck.... ) THANK YOU for the video(s) ... you're piquing my interest with all the cool OS's ... since I have the room I think I might set up a multi-boot ... well.. ONE of these days lol :)
Disgusted Windoze user for decades. Dabbled with Raspberry Pi OS with a minimal appreciation. Eyes wide Open now using Ubuntu Mate 22.04 LTS onto Pironman multi-boot SSD. Dabble with the several OS but always switching back to Mate` Anxious to see Cinnamon for Pi 4B.
Are you using the 32 bit version in this vid? I tried booting the 64 bit and it was just massively broken. The software store wouldn't work, I couldn't change themes, like 75% of the distro didn't function as intended... I'm gonna give a go at the 32 bit now and see how it goes
UPDATE: Just ran the 32 bit and was instantly met with "system program error" it wouldn't complete the error reporting and it wouldn't let me see any description of the error. The welcome feature doesn't work, the software boutique doesn't work, can't change themes, pretty much the only things that worked were the browser (which was an extremely terrible experience) and the terminal. So I don't know what happened between the release of the distro and now, but it doesn't look so good. Is anyone else experiencing problems with this distro on their Pi? I'm using a Pi 4 (4GB model) BTW
@@leepspvideo Hmmmmm, strange.... Maybe I just lost the silicon lottery. I literally couldn't get the majority of the OS operating. I also never got to the point of even adding any extra apps. Just gave up after I couldn't get the basics that the OS comes with running. I have noticed though that I experience some major issues if I go to update the kernel and overclock manually in Raspberry Pi OS, however if I use commander Pi it works just fine. I'm thinking it has something to do with updating the firmware in the kernel that's causing issues with overclock. It causes strange behaviors like the mouse wandering or the OS freezes, plank would jitter, etc. So I may just have a stubborn Pi...
@@leepspvideo oh and also you should make a playlist of your kde plasma vids...itll be easier to find and i can watch em all in pass make sure ihave it all figured out
No, I covered a previous version 22.04 link iso.pop-os.org/22.04/arm64/raspi/2/pop-os_22.04_arm64_raspi_2.img.xz Pop!_OS A great 64bit OS. Raspberry Pi 4 / 400 ruclips.net/video/Jn-NGnsX2so/видео.html
@@brehme1971 none come with it as far as I know. My KDE Plasma is ready for it see 5:59 very simple to enable it. ruclips.net/video/_FDgsDC4FU0/видео.html
I cannot get a reliable HDMI signal. The launch screen appears for a moment or two, but then the screen goes blank and after a while I get a 'No HDMI signal'. Other distros work fine on my 8GB RPi 4 setup, although I have to force 1080p with some, but not all distros (e.g. Kali). I have tried the config.txt settings that Lee has previously described to force 1080p for other Debian based distros, so far without luck. Any suggestions - other than buying a better monitor - would be welcome please!!
@@leepspvideo Installed as a test on a RPi 400, UK and UK extended keyboard layout are unusable, any ideas? Shame because it was rather snappy, and your video certainly had my interest piqued
@@johnwilliams1716 this is still my choice for a Pi 4 / 400 My Linux setup part 2 64bit KDE plasma Raspberry Pi 4 / 400. Download Links. ruclips.net/video/_FDgsDC4FU0/видео.html
One HUGE problem with Ubuntu Mate on Pi 4... no sound on youtube and other web sites. From my searches, it appears this problem has existed literally for YEARS!!! Though my Pi's HDMI cable is plugged in to my TV device, (it works with every other Pi OS I have tried), Mate does not see the HDMI connection and therefore, I can't select it. What I find humorous is that there are several videos here on youtube that offer fixes for this, fixes that do not appear to work, but none of the posters seemed to grasp the silliness of posting a video on how to fix a SOUND problem that explains the solution, WITH SOUND!! If we could HEAR THE INSTRUCTIONS on the video, we wouldn't NEED the video!! Pretty funny! Just to head off one suggestion... sound does not work in Firefox OR Chromium.
Yes, this is a notorious problem! What fixed it for me was adding the following to config.txt: hdmi_drive=0 hdmi_drive=1 hdmi_drive=2 The "official" fix is supposed to be hdmi_drive=2, but the HDMI output used is port 0. That worked for me. Give it a try.
@@liquidmobius I had a far simpler fix... I rejected that OS! Any OS that has one major failing that lasts years without correction, absolutely has more that you don't know about yet! I refuse to "discover" them all. 64 bit Pi OS works flawlessly and I had to do precisely nothing, to make it work.
@@davidkachel Certainly when it comes to the Raspberry Pi, you can avoid a lot of problems using the OS made for it, although this problem used to exist with the Raspberry Pi OS as well. It's actually not really a flaw. Being run on a computer, the audio output of most operating systems is set to DVI by default, the industry standard for computers. It's quite a simple "fix". All you have to do is modify the config file and then the audio will work with any operating system.
@@liquidmobius If it's so simple, why has no one done it?!! "No one", meaning the people responsible for releasing Ubuntu Mate and other operating systems in which the same problem occurs. If, as you say, "it is simple", then they should have done it years ago. Hell, even Microsloth eventually fixes their bugs! This is just so silly it is an embarrassing indictment of the whole open source concept, which I support, but find has a very questionable future. And, BTW... "... not really a flaw ..." OF COURSE it's a flaw!! And ignoring such flaws is the precise reason Linux can't make significant headway in the desktop market. If you want success in the desktop world, your operating system must, just work!
@@davidkachel Not everything with Linux is plug-n-play. Not all software runs on all hardware. Here now in 2022, I'd say 99% of problems with the Raspberry Pi and distros made specifically for it are solved. The only time I've ever had a problem with the audio is on an unofficial fork of Debian and Raspian in its early days, and I've tried literally every distro under the sun. I'm sorry you're having that kind of trouble, but having a Raspberry Pi and trying different distributions of Linux will require you to mess with the boot and config files sometimes. That's just the way it is. The day he released this video, I tried this distro of Ubuntu Mate 22.04 LTS and everything worked perfectly, especially the audio.
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I think I met Ubuntu around 2005, it was so new idea that time, much easier than Red Hat or so (yeap, there was a time RH was free). It is nice to see Ubuntu is still here, 17 years later ;-)
I'm very partial to Debian, but I'm very impressed. This is exactly the type of distro to bring on new users to Linux. I think I'm actually going to try this out.
Great video, as always!
* whispers "mah-tay" everytime you say "mate" 🙂 *
thanks for being someone who put meaningful content in the community :)
Been using Ubuntu MATE for years now on my Raspberry Pi, an old laptop and a VM. Pantheon is also my favourite desktop layout, it looks great and is very user friendly.
I've been running Ubuntu Mate on my pc for years now. I started because of the similarities to Gnome 2 (greatest desktop ever) and I stayed for Martin Wimpress tireless skill, work and dedication to the Linux desktop.
Thanks haven’t used Mate for awhile, been debating coming back to it as I have been using Lubuntu quite happily but worried about how the underlying Ubuntu is now developing. Could be time for a return to Mate.
Props forhte ArgonOne!
Hard to beat that Debian 11 KDE you configured. But I like this Cupertino. Keep these going.
I've been running Ubuntu Mate on my Pi for a year, recently it updated to this version. It really isn't bad. My only gripe is that you need 2 software stores. Besides Software, you also need Software Botique as not everything is available in Software.
I added Mate to my overclocked Pi 8gig. I think it may be the best one I have tried so far. I want to get it on a SSD and see how it goes. Thanks for the video.
OK OK OK - you sold my on it. I have been meaning to try this out on my Pi 4. Looks great and should run great too, better than manjaro KDE and maybe twister OS too. Thanks for the video as always great job! Cheers.
This also runs great on the Pi 4 / 400 CM4
My Linux setup part 3 64bit KDE plasma Raspberry Pi 4 / 400. Download Links.
ruclips.net/video/dkd3rZyiuE0/видео.html
finally got mount and blade warband running on he pi with this OS! i think all you need is both box86 and box64 installed through pi apps (on 64bit OS) and a linux copy of the game from GOG, (and mesa drivers maybe?) it wouldnt work on twister for whatever reason or any other os i tried, but on this build it just starts right away? might have been an issue with box64 but i havent seen many people trying to play this on the pi so im not sure, the os itself is also very fast and responsive with a mouse, great desktop OS
also to run it at a decent rame rate you need to change the resolution to 1280x720 and set it to windowed mode by editing the config file called ".mbwarband" its found in a hidden folder in your home (pi) directory, you can also optimize the game to run even faster through there or with some kind of a mod but im not sure how you would do it on ubuntu
Another great video Lee its a shame the Pi 4 is still a silly price it must be putting people of buying them.
Wimpy has never failed. If there is one Distro I still go back to, it's Ubuntu Mate. Still good. Btw, I use Arch now. Peace :-)
Your Ubuntu Mate demo appears to be very responsive. Is that entirely due to the M.2 or is the video edited? If you didn't edit out the processing time, would you please post a video comparing Pi performance using an SD, hard drive and SSD?
I will sometimes cut the process down to keep the video more interesting. See these two videos.
Windows 95 setup Raspberry Pi 4 Dosbox Pure. Lakka Retroarch.
ruclips.net/video/NGcNUW3LfCc/видео.html
Windows 98SE setup Raspberry Pi 4 Dosbox Pure. Lakka Retroarch.
ruclips.net/video/gKAO13LBnkc/видео.html
I was using Ubuntu Mate from an SD card. It is still very useable.
I had a look at the Argon ONE and I was impressed how it was all in one package, I was IN LOVE!!!.... until I discovered that the m.2 runs at only USB3 speeds :/ And I wanted to MAX IT OUT!!! lol So I found a board from Waveshare called the CM4-IO-BASE-B that (obviously) uses the CM4 and the m.2 runs at pci-e 4x Gen speeds (I THINK it's only 4x but it MIGHT be 8x) - So that is THE fastest storage you're gonna get on a Pi hands down :)
Now the only thing I have to do is find a reason to need that much bandwidth LOL
Oh and you can make the m.2 your boot drive, or the eMMC (which I don't have on my CM4) or microSD or USB - you can also flip a switch connect the Pi to your computer through the USB-C to USB-A and the eMMC shows up as a drive... but I've been wondering if the m.2 would show up as the drive since I don't have the eMMC
I think the original reason I wanted to use the m.2 was so I could pop it into my desktop and copy over all of my... umm... game backups ;) nice and quickly.... you know how long it would be transferring them all with an SD card... which gets about 35MB/s on desktop... I don't understand why tho... even my USB stick is that same speed, no matter if I plug them into USB3 ports.... they must both be USB 2 :/
(oh and I was just look back at some comments I wrote to you before and I was pretty rude, idk why I was a jerk to you but I REALLY want to Apologize and say I'm sorry for being so rude. You've taught me A LOT on your channel and you keep me driven to continue with my SBC journey, and I treated you very disrespectfully... Especially when I TRYING to be funny about pronouncing router 'rooter' - I'm pretty sure that's how you guys say over on the Isles and I was really rude about... I guess I was trying to be funny, but it didn't come off that way in the slightest :( sorry bro. I've gotta start thinking about what I'm saying/typing before type it and re-read it before I hit that comment button....Again, Sorry if I was a real d1ck.... )
THANK YOU for the video(s) ... you're piquing my interest with all the cool OS's ... since I have the room I think I might set up a multi-boot ... well.. ONE of these days lol :)
Thanks for making this video
Great video, as always.
Disgusted Windoze user for decades. Dabbled with Raspberry Pi OS with a minimal appreciation. Eyes wide Open now using Ubuntu Mate 22.04 LTS onto Pironman multi-boot SSD. Dabble with the several OS but always switching back to Mate` Anxious to see Cinnamon for Pi 4B.
Cool. Have you tried installing retroarch?
I haven’t
Lee, great video.
great video mate.
Very slick.
I want it on the pi 5. No luck,yet.
Are you using the 32 bit version in this vid? I tried booting the 64 bit and it was just massively broken. The software store wouldn't work, I couldn't change themes, like 75% of the distro didn't function as intended... I'm gonna give a go at the 32 bit now and see how it goes
UPDATE: Just ran the 32 bit and was instantly met with "system program error" it wouldn't complete the error reporting and it wouldn't let me see any description of the error. The welcome feature doesn't work, the software boutique doesn't work, can't change themes, pretty much the only things that worked were the browser (which was an extremely terrible experience) and the terminal. So I don't know what happened between the release of the distro and now, but it doesn't look so good.
Is anyone else experiencing problems with this distro on their Pi? I'm using a Pi 4 (4GB model) BTW
I was running the 64bit version I did have issues when using either PiApps or Pikiss. Without them the os ran fine for me
@@leepspvideo Hmmmmm, strange.... Maybe I just lost the silicon lottery. I literally couldn't get the majority of the OS operating. I also never got to the point of even adding any extra apps. Just gave up after I couldn't get the basics that the OS comes with running. I have noticed though that I experience some major issues if I go to update the kernel and overclock manually in Raspberry Pi OS, however if I use commander Pi it works just fine. I'm thinking it has something to do with updating the firmware in the kernel that's causing issues with overclock. It causes strange behaviors like the mouse wandering or the OS freezes, plank would jitter, etc. So I may just have a stubborn Pi...
so do you prefer this over your custom kde image? which os are you using daily if you had to stick with just one??
I prefer my kde plasma
@@leepspvideo awesome think i wanna try your kde plasma..guess ill get a second m.2 drive to experiment with
@@leepspvideo oh and also you should make a playlist of your kde plasma vids...itll be easier to find and i can watch em all in pass make sure ihave it all figured out
Have you reviewed the Pop!_OS 22.04 for Pi ?
No, I covered a previous version
22.04 link
iso.pop-os.org/22.04/arm64/raspi/2/pop-os_22.04_arm64_raspi_2.img.xz
Pop!_OS A great 64bit OS. Raspberry Pi 4 / 400
ruclips.net/video/Jn-NGnsX2so/видео.html
How did RUclips playback go after using chromium?
I haven’t tried yet
Hey. Can this one run Spotify and Netflix? Else I’ll have to stay with TwisterOS 🤷🏻♂️
I haven’t heard of a Widvine fix for this
@@leepspvideo thank u. Do you know if there is, at this time, a 64-bit OS on the Pi that can play Netflix and Spotify?
@@brehme1971 none come with it as far as I know. My KDE Plasma is ready for it see 5:59 very simple to enable it.
ruclips.net/video/_FDgsDC4FU0/видео.html
Super sir
I cannot get a reliable HDMI signal. The launch screen appears for a moment or two, but then the screen goes blank and after a while I get a 'No HDMI signal'. Other distros work fine on my 8GB RPi 4 setup, although I have to force 1080p with some, but not all distros (e.g. Kali). I have tried the config.txt settings that Lee has previously described to force 1080p for other Debian based distros, so far without luck. Any suggestions - other than buying a better monitor - would be welcome please!!
Try hashing out vc4-kms-v3d or fkms it can sometimes override some other display settings
@@leepspvideo Your suggestion worked. Really enjoy your channel and thank you.
There is new twister OS? What keyboard layout will be proper on RPI 400 on MATE?
Not yet. I use UK extended.
@@leepspvideo Installed as a test on a RPi 400, UK and UK extended keyboard layout are unusable, any ideas? Shame because it was rather snappy, and your video certainly had my interest piqued
@@johnwilliams1716 I had a look. Others have experienced the same but I couldn’t find any solutions
@@leepspvideo Ah no problems, thanks for the quick response! Just looking at your Ubuntu Budgie 22.04 vid and might take a punt on that as a test
@@johnwilliams1716 this is still my choice for a Pi 4 / 400
My Linux setup part 2 64bit KDE plasma Raspberry Pi 4 / 400. Download Links.
ruclips.net/video/_FDgsDC4FU0/видео.html
One HUGE problem with Ubuntu Mate on Pi 4... no sound on youtube and other web sites. From my searches, it appears this problem has existed literally for YEARS!!! Though my Pi's HDMI cable is plugged in to my TV device, (it works with every other Pi OS I have tried), Mate does not see the HDMI connection and therefore, I can't select it. What I find humorous is that there are several videos here on youtube that offer fixes for this, fixes that do not appear to work, but none of the posters seemed to grasp the silliness of posting a video on how to fix a SOUND problem that explains the solution, WITH SOUND!! If we could HEAR THE INSTRUCTIONS on the video, we wouldn't NEED the video!! Pretty funny!
Just to head off one suggestion... sound does not work in Firefox OR Chromium.
Yes, this is a notorious problem! What fixed it for me was adding the following to config.txt:
hdmi_drive=0
hdmi_drive=1
hdmi_drive=2
The "official" fix is supposed to be hdmi_drive=2, but the HDMI output used is port 0. That worked for me. Give it a try.
@@liquidmobius I had a far simpler fix... I rejected that OS! Any OS that has one major failing that lasts years without correction, absolutely has more that you don't know about yet! I refuse to "discover" them all. 64 bit Pi OS works flawlessly and I had to do precisely nothing, to make it work.
@@davidkachel Certainly when it comes to the Raspberry Pi, you can avoid a lot of problems using the OS made for it, although this problem used to exist with the Raspberry Pi OS as well. It's actually not really a flaw. Being run on a computer, the audio output of most operating systems is set to DVI by default, the industry standard for computers. It's quite a simple "fix". All you have to do is modify the config file and then the audio will work with any operating system.
@@liquidmobius If it's so simple, why has no one done it?!! "No one", meaning the people responsible for releasing Ubuntu Mate and other operating systems in which the same problem occurs. If, as you say, "it is simple", then they should have done it years ago. Hell, even Microsloth eventually fixes their bugs! This is just so silly it is an embarrassing indictment of the whole open source concept, which I support, but find has a very questionable future. And, BTW...
"... not really a flaw ..." OF COURSE it's a flaw!! And ignoring such flaws is the precise reason Linux can't make significant headway in the desktop market. If you want success in the desktop world, your operating system must, just work!
@@davidkachel Not everything with Linux is plug-n-play. Not all software runs on all hardware. Here now in 2022, I'd say 99% of problems with the Raspberry Pi and distros made specifically for it are solved. The only time I've ever had a problem with the audio is on an unofficial fork of Debian and Raspian in its early days, and I've tried literally every distro under the sun. I'm sorry you're having that kind of trouble, but having a Raspberry Pi and trying different distributions of Linux will require you to mess with the boot and config files sometimes. That's just the way it is. The day he released this video, I tried this distro of Ubuntu Mate 22.04 LTS and everything worked perfectly, especially the audio.
Still not got the top of the argon case?
No🤣
has anyone got CommanderPi working on 22.04 LTS?
Tried to get sound out of HDMI and HifiBerry Digi sound card
- No reliable information no success ...
Real Linux users only need a tty.
can someone please post a link to the image file
ubuntu-mate.org/raspberry-pi/download/
Is it just me or is there a lot of audio peaking in the voice over? Good video otherwise, thanks
I was using a different mic
No no - now ubuntu is not true way. Only Debian!