I would like to install Ubuntu on my Nexus 10 / Manta using? kernel version 6.1.4

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:06:17 +0100 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2023 at 14:36, Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Can I also install a Linux distro like Ubuntu ?
> 
> No.
> 
> I could go into lots more detail as to why, but the answer is: no.
> 
> Arm devices do not have standard firmware like PCs and Macs. Therefore
> every Arm OS must be individually ported to every single different
> model of Arm device. And there are thousands of them.
> 
> So, no, you can't install Arm OSes onto random devices.
> 
> There are a handful of phone OSes. Look into them. E.g. PostmarketOS.
> 
> There are also special Arm distros for Arm kit. Read up on Armbian.

It is possible to install Ubuntu on *selected* ARM SBCs, but the SBC maker 
needs to provide the suitably setup and configured Ubuntu image for that 
board.  If the maker does not have an "Ubuntu" image (or installer) for their 
board, you are not going to just randomly install a "stock" Ubuntu.

Note: all of the generic user-mode code will work from the standard repos 
(including base Debian repos). 
  
The kernel and boot "magic" needs to be customized for the SBC processor and
"chipset" (on-chip / on-board I/O). Many ARM SBCs use uBoot (not all -- RPis
don't) and generally use a device tree overlay. You generally need a "custom
built" kernel and/or the proper device tree overlay(ies). And uBoot itself,
installed on the boot/install media. uBoot is compariable to grub, but the ARM
boot ROMs are not as standardized as x86 "PC" BIOS/UEFI ROMs, so there is not
anything like a standard "install on anything" or "boot on anything" image --
each ARM SBC "family" has its own boot/install media eg RPi images work on
Raspberry Pis, Orange Pi images work on Orange Pis, Banana Pi images work on
Banana Pis, etc. *Some* are consistent across models (RPi, beagleboards), but
others use separate images for each model (there are separate images for each
model and an image for one won't work on another model in the same "family"
[make]).

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