14 DAY TRIAL // Martin Wimpress, the lead developer and founder of the Ubuntu MATE project, an official flavor of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system, announced the availability of a root filesystem of Ubuntu MATE 15.04 for ARMv7 devices.
The new generic root filesystems of Ubuntu MATE 15.04 (codename Vivid Vervet) are designed especially for board manufacturers and ARMv7 enthusiasts who want to build Ubuntu MATE binary images for their ARM-powered devices.
"The Ubuntu MATE team have made a generic Ubuntu MATE 15.04 root file system for ARMv7 devices," says Martin Wimpress. "This root file system is intended for ARMv7 enthusiasts and board manufacturers who'd like to make an Ubuntu MATE image for their device(s)."
What you need to get started with building Ubuntu MATE images for ARM devices
Martin Wimpress instructs people interested in creating Ubuntu MATE images for ARM devices that they will need to add a boot loader, a kernel, X.Org 1.17 drivers, and any other hardware-specific configuration to the root filesystem provided by the Ubuntu MATE team.
Detailed instructions and examples on how to build these Ubuntu MATE images for ARMv7 devices are provided on the project's website. The team is more than happy to help anyone who wants to get involved in creating Ubuntu MATE images for more ARMv7 devices, after the success of the Ubuntu MATE 15.04 image for the Raspberry Pi 2 computer board.
We remind everyone that Ubuntu MATE 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) got accepted as an official flavor of the world's most popular free operating system, Ubuntu Linux, and it is built around the traditional MATE desktop environment that offers a two-panel layout in the style of the old-school GNOME 2 desktops, but with some modern enhancements.