ALPHA2 FINAL

Everything works perfectly and essential networking tools are installed. I'll be adding a swap file next which requires expanding the 2 GB root partition, so this is the final "text/console/base" image. I may not (probably won't) release a beta test image as there's really no point, other than for my own backup purposes. I'm running low on Google Drive space anyways.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_8WsV7ZWJa1cmllR0xaM1BBUG8
260 MB md5sum b74dccfd410129647146b71479687d78

At this point you really need to add a new user and install sudo. Once sudo is setup properly you can edit /etc/shadow to disable root. Just copy and paste the first line from another Ubuntu install. You're then ready to do things the Ubuntu way. ;)

NEWBIE COMMAND LINE QUICK START

I updated the apt cache this morning at Starbucks by:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scan
iwconfig wlan0 essid "Google Starbucks"
dhclient wlan0
links google.com

I could then click the "accept terms" button and apt update.

Piping long output to more or grep is an essential skill:

iwlist wlan0 scan | more
iwlist wlan0 scan | grep ESSID

If you don't know what command to use ask your computer:

apropos dhcp

If you don't know how to use a command read the built-in manual:

man iwconfig

And when finished using your Pi3 end your session properly:

shutdown -h now

SYSTEM INFO

If you cat /proc/version you'll see I cross-compiled the AArch64 kernel on my AMD64 Gentoo machine. If you cat /proc/modules you'll see both spi and i2c are enabled, so you're ready to go with Pi makerspace projects. And if you cat /proc/cpuinfo you'll see all four CPU cores are enabled with hardware math (fp) and cyclical redundancy error checking (crc32) for data transfers.

It may only cost $35 but that's more power than most servers had just 20 years ago!

PRIVACY ENHANCED LINUX 64-BIT ARMv8+

PELinux 64-bit is Ubuntu 17.04 with the Budgie Desktop. Alpha1 is a text console only "base" image and is available now as my contribution back to the community. I started this project with an image like this from Collabora and am still using their 3.18 kernel on my Pi 2 running Murdock Edition (Debian 8 with backports). Unfortunately I had problems with Ubuntu's ARM64 kernel so I'm using the Pi Foundation's 4.9.21 AArch64 kernel instead. I also enabled root with password "raspberry" which isn't the Ubuntu-way (I know) but since there's no user account that can sudo at the moment, it seemed like a wise choice.

I might take this down at any time so if you want a "minimal install" without all the garbage I usually include, get it while it's still hot!

LINK REMOVED, USE ALPHA2

LOSS OF LIBERTY

On June 8, 1967 the U.S.S. Liberty was attacked by Zionist extremists in French-made Mirage fighters purchased by the Rothschild cartel of international banksters. More than any other historical FACT, this is the one the propaganda meisters on TV would like you to forget the most. There's NEVER any mention of it on the so-called "news".

So get REAL and ask yourself, are there any al-Qaeda sleeper agents terrorizing you? Have you ever seen an ISIL militant up close and personal? Funny how the only people who have EVER terrorized you work for your own so-called "government".. and are you stoopid enough to get blown up in a skyscraper demolition? I'm sure they're already lining people up for jobs in the next building that ISIS will supposedly attack. All the 9-11 victims were hand selected.

DON'T FEED THE SWAMP DWELLERS

No sucking noises coming from the swamp. All the swamp dwellers seem pleased with themselves and are proudly displaying their shit-eating grins. What a monumental let down!

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

You do not have the right to remain silent. At a minimum you must identify yourself to government terrorists. You have the right not to incriminate yourself. Everything they say and do is a lie and a trick to get you to incriminate yourself. So seig heil the homeland as mandated by law, or else! :P LOL

ARM64 for ZESTY 17.04

Systemd is the default but the ARM64 DEB package doesn't exist... not on the download disk, not on the base system image, not even if you mk-sbuild --arch arm64 zesty (which really is much easier than debootstrap.) So, it ain't happening right now. If you want a 64bit Pi 3 try an OpenRC distro. Life is much easier once that pain in the frickin' ass is gone. Unfortunately recent versions of Gnome Desktop require systemd so looks like Ubuntu users are stuck with it forever. My sympathies...

FWIW though, I've got everything else installed and working, just need /sbin/init to point to something other than /lib/systemd/systemd (or the @#$%ing package)

ADVANCED RASPBERRY LESSONS

The Raspberry Pi has no BIOS. There's nothing to flash upgrade and most importantly, IT CAN'T BE BRICKED, no matter how l33t the other h@X0r. I probably wasted a couple weeks playing around with bootloaders before reading that the GPU boots the thing and just looks for a FAT partition with a boot flag and the bootcode file. There's really all there is to it.

I've recently become a crossdev cross-compiling fool and I've got a nice juicy 4.10 aarch64 kernel just waiting for a debootstrap to chroot into. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's how the MATE version was made, so I suppose I could do plain Ubuntu (no GUI) or maybe even Xubuntu ARM64 for Pi 3. The possibilities seem to only be limited by the crappy graphics... no Cinnamon Pi, sigh.

In any case, something ARM64/aarch64 is about to pop put of me and I figure I'll at least post a base Ubuntu image, before trying to Xubuntu it. Gotta make a backup for myself anyway. So stay tuned to the Interwebzes and turn the TV war off! :P