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Blog posts tagged
"Raspberry Pi"


Oliver Smith
22 April 2022

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS – what’s new for the world’s most popular Linux desktop?

Desktop Article

The latest Linux Desktop release delivers improved performance, fully-featured Active Directory integration and expanded Raspberry Pi support. ...


Oliver Smith
11 January 2022

How low can you go? Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4

Desktop Article

At Canonical we’re proud to be able to offer a full Ubuntu Desktop experience on the Raspberry Pi 4. Ubuntu Desktop provides everything you need to develop software and even deploy it to Ubuntu Server on devices like the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. However the full desktop environment is quite a lot for the ...


Oliver Smith
9 December 2021

Raspberry Pi Tutorial: Host a Minecraft server on Ubuntu Desktop

Desktop Article

Welcome to the second in our series of Linux gaming posts in the run up to the holidays. This week, we’ve put together a tutorial that teaches you how to create a basic Minecraft Server on a Raspberry Pi with Ubuntu Desktop, so you can play locally with your friends. This is a great afternoon ...


Oliver Smith
28 October 2021

Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with Ubuntu Server 21.10 support is here

Cloud and server Article

The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W has been announced and delivers a performance boost that will enable both Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Core support. ...


Oliver Smith
21 October 2021

5 Things to Check Out in Ubuntu Impish Indri

Desktop Article

For Linux desktop users, Ubuntu Impish Indri contains a number of new features plus a preview or two ahead of our next LTS release. Here are our top 5. ...


Oliver Smith
19 October 2021

Common Sense – using the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT on Ubuntu Impish Indri

Desktop Article

Ubuntu Impish Indri supports the Raspberry Pi Sense HAT. This guide helps users get started with both the Sense HAT and its desktop emulator package. ...


Jeremie Deray
10 June 2021

Publishing sonar readings with micro-ROS on the Raspberry Pi Pico

Robotics Article

In this post, we will see how to wire up an HC-SR04 range sensor to the Raspberry Pi Pico and publish its readings to the ROS 2 graph using micro-ROS. This builds upon the previous post ‘Getting started with micro-ROS on the Raspberry Pi Pico’. As such, I’d encourage you to read it first if ...


Rhys Davies
25 May 2021

Raspberry Pi GPIO support in Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

We are proud to announce that Ubuntu 21.04 includes support for the GPIO pins on the Raspberry Pi. This has been a long time coming. We know. With support for the camera modules and Bluetooth added last year GPIO was the obvious next step. But with our Raspberry Pi focused engineers working to make sure ...


Leia Ruffini
30 March 2021

Ubuntu in the wild – 30th of March 2021

Cloud and server Article

The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. ...


Jeremie Deray
25 March 2021

Getting started with micro-ROS on the Raspberry Pi Pico

Robotics Article

In this post we will see how the Raspberry Pi Pico can natively speak to a ROS 2 graph using micro-ROS. We will set up a project in VSCode, compile and upload it to the microcontroller. We thus assume that you are somewhat familiar with ROS 2 development and VSCode. What is this all about? ...


Rhys Davies
15 December 2020

Raspberry Pi and Ubuntu: 2020 roundup

Internet of Things Article

We’re almost there, 2021 is just around the corner. Like many others, we at Canonical have a deep appreciation for all things Raspberry Pi. We see the good they do and the joy they bring and can’t help but be impressed. This year marks the beginning of a stronger collaboration between the folks at Raspberry ...


Andreea Munteanu
4 November 2020

Ubuntu Groovy Gorilla on Raspberry Pi

People and culture Article

On the 22nd of October, the 20.10 release was launched, featuring an Ubuntu Desktop image optimised for the Raspberry Pi.  It brings together Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi for educators, inventors and entrepreneurs, bringing the world’s most used open-source desktop to the world’s most accessible hardware. Getting started on Raspberry Pi using ...