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0 pointsjve4y ago0 comments

Except for Ubuntu Core which requires Ubuntu SSO account. https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi-core

The requirements doesn't list internet... and I was pretty sure my friend pressed some button or something that asked him for online login, when he tried to install Ubuntu for raspberry (because I'm not hardcore linux guy and I use Ubuntu and I will be able to assist him better in that OS), but after some googling around, it really turns out to be true - cant install without SSO login.

The solution for that guy? He just installed a different OS.

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KingMachiavelli4y ago

Not really sure what the Core part means but it looks like the SSO part is specific to it. You can just download the regular ISO for ARM/RPi...

Also Canonical/Ubuntu seems just have a particular bad track record of stuff like this. Most Linux distorts are better.

jveOP4y ago

Yeah, I find out there is the arm build. But core is a nice minimal core with less packages. ~350MB vs 1.1GB...

sandworm1014y ago

Lol. "Linux distorts".

craftinator4y ago

Yeah, Ubuntu seems to be happily trudging down the path of evil, right behind Microsoft. They, of course, don't have the massive marketing budget or UX polish to match though, so it's not going to go nearly as well.

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