Whilst Ubuntu flavours released their second alpha of the Zesty Zapus (to become 17.04) today, Ubuntu continues with daily releases until the final beta in March (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule).
So I've created a pseudo Ubuntu Alpha 2 based on the official daily release for the 27th January which is the same date as the released Ubuntu flavour Alpha 2 releases.
I've replaced the included kernel with my latest bleeding edge patched Ubuntu 4.10.0-5.7 kernel from Canonical which is based on the mainline 4.10.0-rc5 kernel. I've added Pierre-Louis Bossart's latest patches for the HDMI LPE audio driver and RT5640 audio support, together with Hans de Goede's patches for PMC platform clocks, PMIC I2C bus semaphore implementation and Power Management IC AXP288 support for Bay Trail and Cherry Trail devices.
Also included is additional wifi support including Bastien Nocera's RTL8723BS driver, support for the Atheros AR6004 HW3.0 driver used on the Dell Venue Pro 11 Baytrail, and Broadcom 4330, 43430 and 43340/43341 support. Bluetooth support includes Larry Finger's code for RTL8723BS with a patch from Laszlo-Fiat.
Finally I've included patches to fix various issues like the CUBE iwork8 Air tablet getting stuck on booting and the persistent freezing issue with a patch from Mika Kuoppala. If freezing still persists Len Brown suggests adding "intel_idle.max_cstate=2" as a kernel boot parameter which enables Core-C6 but disables module/package-C6 as he has found this is still required for the ASUS Transformer Book T100 Chi.
To try the ISO download it from the link below (in red) and write it to a USB using either 'Rufus' in Windows or 'dd' in Linux.
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Ubuntu 17.04 pseudo Alpha 2
Ubuntu comes with everything. All the essential applications, like an office suite, browsers, email and media apps come pre-installed and thousands more games and applications are available in the Ubuntu Software Centre.
To turn on wifi for mini PCs with Broadcom wifi chips it is often necessary to reload the driver. In a terminal window enter 'sudo modprobe -r brcmfmac' followed by 'sudo modprobe brcmfmac'.
Alternatively you can download the kernel and upgrade your existing installation. Note that the disadvantage of this approach is that it doesn't include the various 'userland' files required to support wifi and bluetooth so it is best to use my ISO if specific hardware support is required.
To upgrade just your kernel download the shell script and after making it executable (enter 'chmod 755 <script>') you can install it as 'root' (by entering 'sudo <script>'). Once the script has finished executing the device will need to be rebooted to use the updated (patched) kernel.
4.10.0-5.7 (current latest kernel)
Don't forget when making a comment to include the name/model of your device and if reporting a technical issue please include a copy of the output from 'dmesg' by sharing the log using 'pastebinit' or similar.
So I've created a pseudo Ubuntu Alpha 2 based on the official daily release for the 27th January which is the same date as the released Ubuntu flavour Alpha 2 releases.
I've replaced the included kernel with my latest bleeding edge patched Ubuntu 4.10.0-5.7 kernel from Canonical which is based on the mainline 4.10.0-rc5 kernel. I've added Pierre-Louis Bossart's latest patches for the HDMI LPE audio driver and RT5640 audio support, together with Hans de Goede's patches for PMC platform clocks, PMIC I2C bus semaphore implementation and Power Management IC AXP288 support for Bay Trail and Cherry Trail devices.
Also included is additional wifi support including Bastien Nocera's RTL8723BS driver, support for the Atheros AR6004 HW3.0 driver used on the Dell Venue Pro 11 Baytrail, and Broadcom 4330, 43430 and 43340/43341 support. Bluetooth support includes Larry Finger's code for RTL8723BS with a patch from Laszlo-Fiat.
Finally I've included patches to fix various issues like the CUBE iwork8 Air tablet getting stuck on booting and the persistent freezing issue with a patch from Mika Kuoppala. If freezing still persists Len Brown suggests adding "intel_idle.max_cstate=2" as a kernel boot parameter which enables Core-C6 but disables module/package-C6 as he has found this is still required for the ASUS Transformer Book T100 Chi.
To try the ISO download it from the link below (in red) and write it to a USB using either 'Rufus' in Windows or 'dd' in Linux.
Ubuntu comes with everything. All the essential applications, like an office suite, browsers, email and media apps come pre-installed and thousands more games and applications are available in the Ubuntu Software Centre.
To turn on wifi for mini PCs with Broadcom wifi chips it is often necessary to reload the driver. In a terminal window enter 'sudo modprobe -r brcmfmac' followed by 'sudo modprobe brcmfmac'.
Alternatively you can download the kernel and upgrade your existing installation. Note that the disadvantage of this approach is that it doesn't include the various 'userland' files required to support wifi and bluetooth so it is best to use my ISO if specific hardware support is required.
To upgrade just your kernel download the shell script and after making it executable (enter 'chmod 755 <script>') you can install it as 'root' (by entering 'sudo <script>'). Once the script has finished executing the device will need to be rebooted to use the updated (patched) kernel.
4.10.0-5.7 (current latest kernel)
Don't forget when making a comment to include the name/model of your device and if reporting a technical issue please include a copy of the output from 'dmesg' by sharing the log using 'pastebinit' or similar.