How to install Ubuntu on the LattePanda V1 with patches to get everything to work

Last Updated on April 18, 2023 by pg@petergamma.org

This video goes through a step by step install of Linux Ubuntu Unity with a 4.12 Patched Kernel

Everything the LattePanda has on board works, incl. wireless and Bluetooth

  • the patched kernel is not the most updated kernel
  • the instruction is only for th 64 mcc version with 4 GB Ram of the Lattepanda
  • newer kernel 4 +12 kernel which are not be patched
  • audio, video, wireless & Bluetooth will not work
  • The Mainline Linux Kernel version 4.12.0-rc1 for LattePanda is 6 years old:

https://github.com/mopplayer/lattepanda-mainline-4.11

  • But we do not know of any newer Linux installation instruction for the LattePanda
  • Compared to other single board computers, this instruction is complete, everything seems to work
  • The advantage of the LattePanda is that we can buy it in Switzerland from Swiss sellers with a warranty time of 24 month.
  • Such detailed installation instructions are rare, and we are happy to have a Ubuntu installation demo for the Lattepanda.

The GITHUB project contains patches for:

  • WiFi (rtl8723bs directory and in Tree)
  • Bluetooth (rtl8723bs_bt directory)
  • Audio (ucm directory)
  • PWM (in Tree)

We are happy that someone developed these patches, which are very helpful

  • VNC player to replay videos included.
  • The LattePanda with Ubuntu offers a Linux alternative to the Raspberry Pi4, which is currently not available in Switzerland.
  • The LattePanda V1 is available, and we are happy about this, and we are happy to have an instructional video how to install Ubuntu on the LattePanda V1
  • We are also happy that someone created patches to update issues of the LattePanda V1 running Ubuntu to get features running which previously did not work.
  • These kind of patches are rare and precious.