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

[Robert Heller]

At Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:07:53 +0200 Mario Marietto <marietto2008 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> ok. So is there something I can try,on the basis of the information that
> they made available ? Unfortunately they don't reply to my messages and
> they haven't provided documentation.

Welcome to the wonderful world of ARM SBCs :-)

Unless you are an "expert" with ARM processors and a Linux kernel guru AND
have the inside scoop on the SBC you are working with, you are not likely to
get very far. If there isn't a Ubuntu uSD image for the board in question, you
are likely out-of-luck. They (the maker) will likely have some sort of "Linux"
image, but it might be "plain" Debian or Armbian and not Ubuntu. Many of these
little boards only have Android (phone/tablet OS) images, in which case that
is your only option.

> 
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 5:03 PM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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:
> > >
> > > > 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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