Jai-JAP / desktopify

Convert Ubuntu Server for Raspberry Pi into a Desktop

desktopify

Convert Ubuntu Server for Raspberry Pi into a Desktop

This is a fork of wimpysworld's desktopify with support for any Ubuntu version prior to 20.04.

Also it supports apt-fast if available for faster downloads.

For original Readme go here

Installation

• Put an Ubuntu Server image for Raspberry Pi on a SDHC card.
• Boot the Ubuntu Server SDHC on a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 or 4.
• Login to the Raspberry Pi; username ubuntu and password ubuntu
  • You will be prompted to change the password
• Clone the project
  • git clone https://github.com/Jai-JAP/desktopify
• Change your current directory to desktopify directory
  • cd desktopify
• Convert the server to a desktop
  • See Usage (Below)

Usage

sudo ./desktopify --de <desktop environment>

Available desktop environments are:

lubuntu
kubuntu
ubuntu
ubuntu-budgie
ubuntu-kylin
ubuntu-mate
ubuntu-studio
xubuntu

You can also pass the optional --oem option which will run a setup wizard on the next boot.