Canonical, the creators of the widely used Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced that an optimized image of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS is now available for the Milk-V Mars RISC-V single-board computer.
The Milk-V Mars board, described as the world’s first credit-card-sized high-performance RISC-V SBC from Milk-V, utilizes the StarFive JH7110 processor integrated with a 3D GPU. This makes it a perfect hardware platform for RISC-V developers and enthusiasts.
The Milk-V Mars board supports easy-to-use eMMC modules, up to 8GB LPDDR4 RAM, an M.2 E-Key slot for WIFI/BT modules, a 4K-supported HDMI 2.0 port, a 4-channel and a 2-channel MIPI CSI, a 40-pin GPIO, an RJ45 Ethernet port with PoE, three USB 3.0 ports, and one USB 2.0 port.
In addition, those who own the Milk-V Mars single-board computer are now able to acquire and install the latest version of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat). As per Canonical, Ubuntu is the superior operating system for RISC-V hardware.
“At Canonical, we believe that open source is the best way to accelerate innovation, which motivates us to enable a wide range of open source communities under the Ubuntu umbrella. Open source software is prized by developers and innovators, but it comes with its own set of challenges,” said Canonical.
Without further ado, you can visit the official Ubuntu website to download Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for the Milk-V Mars board, or any of the officially supported RISC-V SBC, including StarFive VisionFive 2, Microchip PolarFire SoC FPGA Icicle, Sipeed LicheeRV D1, AllWinner Nezha, and SiFive Unmatched.
If you have an NVMe drive, Canonical recommends downloading the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Server live installer to deploy the operating system on the Milk-V Mars SBC. If that’s not the case, you can download the Ubuntu Server preinstalled image instead.
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