v2.1.0

Introduction

As this project grows it becomes harder to maintain, so I had to make a choice and completely re-work Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to follow the recent system-level changes made in the previous Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release. I know this will confuse users, but it's necessary so I can easily maintain both Ubuntu versions in the future and provide a better experience.

• Please review the new documentation for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• To download see the attached artifacts or visit the download website

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

This release introduces a new kernel package that is not compatible with previously installed Ubuntu 22.04 systems. In the future I may create an upgrade path, but this is not guaranteed. If convenient, I would recommend preforming a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 to get the latest features.

General Changes:

• Re-worked kernel packaging to follow upstream Ubuntu
• Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS)
• The ZFS filesystem and utilities can now be installed
• V4L2 loopback can now be installed
• Ubuntu Server now uses a small 4MB partition named CIDATA for cloud-init configuration and the root partition has been renamed to cloudimg-rootfs and marked as a bootable EFI partition
• Ubuntu Desktop now uses a singular partition named desktop-rootfs and marked as a bootable EFI partition
• Created ubuntu-rockchip-settings as a package to manage default settings that are specific to the Rockchip platform
• Created ubuntu-rockchip-meta as a package to depend on all of the packages used in the server or desktop system
• The root filesystem is now built with livecd-rootfs to follow upstream Ubuntu
• Now using extlinux to handle the kernel cmdline, device trees, and overlays
• Mali G610 firmware and multimedia config are now pre-installed on Ubuntu Server
• The snaps lxd, core, and snapd now come pre-installed

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

General Changes:

• Fixed Booting from SATA SSD on the Orange Pi 5
• Enable common VIRTIO kernel drivers
• Updated VP plane and fixed es8316 on the Rock 5 ITX
• Fixed adding default user to the video group in cloud-init
• Enabled apparmor kernel driver
• Removed systemd-networkd-wait-online timeout hack
• Added support for RK3566 boards
• Fixed Orange Pi 5 Pro ram instability