{"id":2302,"date":"2016-06-06T00:00:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.3.4\/?p=2302"},"modified":"2018-01-09T06:50:24","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:50:24","slug":"raspberry-pi-3-and-ubuntu-mate-a-good-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloudacm.com\/?p=2302","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 3 and Ubuntu Mate \u2013 A Good Match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raspberry Pi 3, released to the public on February 2016, is a quad core SOC that includes 1GB of RAM.\u00a0 This computer from the Raspberry Foundation, along with its version 2 sibling, can run Ubuntu Mate.\u00a0 The Pi 3 has on board bluetooth and wireless features that enhance headless installations.<\/p>\n

Installing Ubunut Mate is a simple matter of downloading the image file from the developer and \u201cburning\u201d it to a MicroSD card.\u00a0 There are a number of methods, but I prefer to use DDRescue-GUI because I can check my source or destination disk information to verify I’m targeting correctly.\u00a0 More information about the developer can be found on their website, https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ddrescue-gui<\/a>.\u00a0 Installing DDRescue-GUI is a simple command.<\/p>\n

sudo apt-get install ddrescue-gui<\/code><\/pre>\n
Getting the image of Ubuntu Mate is done by going to the developer’s website, https:\/\/ubuntu-mate.org\/raspberry-pi\/<\/a>.\u00a0 The page also contains some useful information.<\/p>\n
After getting the Raspberry Pi loaded with the Ubuntu Mate image, there are a few things I like to do to make headless operation easier.<\/p>\n
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  1. I prefer to have the account auto login. The reason for this is the wireless network binds after the desktop loads. I’m sure there’s another way.<\/li>\n
  2. Bind the wireless adapter to the wireless network and use static settings.<\/li>\n
  3. Install XRDP, remote desktop control will be useful in order to run headless desktops.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Networking via the wireless can be a bit tricky to get working.\u00a0 First, you’ll need to create a wireless connection then restart.\u00a0 After rebooting, locally broadcasting wireless networks should appear.\u00a0 I prefer to add mine manually at this point.\u00a0 Once I establish a connection, I’ll remove my earlier wireless connection.<\/p>\n
    Out of the box, SSH will work once a network bind is live.\u00a0 This can be good or bad, but you should decide whether you’ll need this or not.\u00a0 If you do use it, be mindful that session keys get stored on clients.\u00a0 This can break client connections if you rebuild, but use the same IP.\u00a0 To fix this, use this command on the linux clients.<\/p>\n
    ssh-keygen -R <ip address of raspberry pi mate><\/code><\/pre>\n
    Now that networking is working, run the XRDP installation.<\/p>\n
    sudo apt-get install xrdp<\/em><\/p>\n
    When that finishes, I would suggest running software updates and installing them.<\/p>\n
    sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get upgrade<\/code><\/pre>\n
    When they finish, reboot the Raspberry Pi and verify that remote desktop access works, it should.\u00a0 Now is a good time to make a backup of the MicroSD card.\u00a0 This will be a baseline for any modifications going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    Raspberry Pi 3, released to the public on February 2016, is a quad core SOC that includes 1GB of RAM.\u00a0 This computer from the Raspberry Foundation, along with its version 2 sibling, can run Ubuntu Mate.\u00a0 The Pi 3 has on board bluetooth and wireless features that enhance headless installations. Installing Ubunut Mate is a simple matter of downloading the image file from the developer and \u201cburning\u201d it to a MicroSD card.\u00a0 There are a number of methods, but I…<\/p>\n
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