Ubuntu Apple Silicon Image

This is repository contains scripts for compiling native Ubuntu images for Apple silicon hardware such as the Apple M1 and M2.

Hosted Installer

To install a prebuilt image run:

curl -sL https://tobhe.de/ubuntu/install > install.sh	# Download
less install.sh						# Review
sh install.sh						# Run

or if you like to live dangerously:

curl -sL https://tobhe.de/ubuntu/install | bash

The installer offers a choice of different Ubuntu releases and build configurations.

Currently supported are:

Ubuntu Desktop 23.04
Ubuntu Desktop 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS

The default username and password are both ubuntu. Root access can be achieved via sudo.

Can I dual-boot macOS and Linux?

Yes! The installer can automatically resize your macos partition according to your liking and install Ubuntu in the freed up space. Removing macos is not even supported at the moment since it is required to update the system firmware.

Building

If you do not want to use the prebuilt disk image, you can build one yourself with the instructions below.

Install dependencies

# Install dependencies
sudo apt-get install arch-install-scripts debootstrap mtools parted gnupg eatmydata rsync git squashfs-tools zip
# Install dependencies, if your builder system is NOT arm64
sudo apt-get install binfmt-support qemu qemu-user-static

Build everything

cd ubuntu-asahi
# Build the entire live image
sudo ./build-generic.sh

The live GPT image file will be output to build/ubuntu.live.img, the zip archive for the Asahi Linux installer will be output to build/ubuntu.live.img.zip.

Clean

The clean.sh script will do exactly what it says - it will clean up the build folder, except for the cache folder, which is used by debootstrap to cache debs.

cd ubuntu-asahi
# Clean the build folder
./clean.sh

zenabius / ubuntu-asahi