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Ubuntu 18.04 for ODROID-XU4

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  • We’ve proudly released a new Ubuntu 18.04 image for XU4 series with many useful features. This LTS version will be supported until April of 2023.
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic Beaver with Mate Desktop
  • Kernel 4.14.37 LTS (the latest LTS Kernel version at this moment)
  • OpenGL ES 3.1 and OpenCL 1.2 drivers for Mali T628MP6 GPU
  • X11 armsoc display driver with full-screen VSYNC implementation
  • Kernel header package is improved to support the DKMS driver build
  • Support ARM streamline performance analyzer https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/application_note/arm_streamline_on_xu4
  • FFMPEG with hardware accelerated H.264 decoder
  • SDL patched with OpenGL ES Support
  • GPU accelerated Chromium browser
  • Kodi 17.6 playback 1080p/60fps H.264 files without tearing
  • CPU performance-counter feature works with big and little cores for more efficient HMP program development
  • WiringPi and other GPIO/SPI/I2C/ADC/IRQ tinkering libraries are available
  • KVM feature is ready to run
  • Docker feature is ready to run
  • And many other features

 

Very powerful ARM streamline performance analyzer feature was included too.

 

You can download the OS image from this link.
https://wiki.odroid.com/odroid-xu4/os_images/linux/ubuntu_4.14/20180501

We want to test this image with our forum members for a couple of weeks.
After fixing some issues, we will prepare a minimal image too.

ODROID-C2 and C1 Ubuntu 18.04 images will be available in early June hopefully.

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