Ubuntu MATE 18.04 Beta 1 for Raspberry Pi

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Für diejenigen, die einen Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ noch rumliegen haben.

We are preparing Ubuntu MATE 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) for the Raspberry Pi. With this Beta pre-release, you can see what we are trying out in preparation for our next (stable) version.

• Ubuntu kernel, fully maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel and Security teams.
• Automatic online filesystem expansion.
• Ethernet & WiFi (where available)
• Bluetooth (where available)
• Audio out via 3.5mm analog audio jack or HDMI
• Video out via Composite or HDMI
• GPIO access via GPIO Zero, pigpio and WiringPi.
• Support for Python Wheels for the Raspberry Pi.
• Support for USB Booting.
• Hardware acceleration:
  * fbturbo driver is pre-installed but limited to 2D accelerated window moving/scrolling on Raspberry Pi (using the BCM2835 DMA Controller).
  * VLC has hardware assisted video decoding.
  * ffmpeg has hardware assisted video decoding and encoding.
  * The experimental VC4 driver can be enabled via raspi-config.
  * Please note, the arm64 images do not feature any VideoCore IV hardware acceleration.
• Additional software:
  * A port of raspi-config for Ubuntu is pre-installed.
  * Steam Link is available for install.
  * Minecraft: Pi Edition is available for install.

Quelle: https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-bionic-beta1-raspberry-pi/