L4T Ubuntu - A fully featured linux on your switch

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L4T Ubuntu
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L4T Ubuntu is a version of Linux based on nvidia's linux for tegra project. It uses a different kernel compared to previous releases which allows it to use features not yet in mainline. Such as audio, docking support and vulkan.

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We have a wiki !
To facilitate our work we will only update our wiki from now on in order to avoid multiple outdated references, please refer to the following link instead of this page

https://wiki.switchroot.org/en/Linux/Ubuntu-Install-Guide

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Bylaws,
Langerhans,
Ave,
Natinusala,
CTCaer(most of the hard stuff),
Gavin_Darkglider,
DanielOgorchock(Joycon drivers/joycond),
stary2001 (reboot2payload),
NVIDIA,
Azkali
Everyone else in switchroot - more info on that in the future.
 
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What guide did you use to compile kodi on unbuntu?

It's available through the software application.

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I got missing dependency’s, impossible install, so looking like I need to compile arm versions!

That's strange. Did it say what was missing? Did you do apt update and apt upgrade?
 

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I got missing dependency’s, impossible install, so looking like I need to compile arm versions!
Did you try to install it through terminal first? If so you messed it up and it will not allow you to install it from the software center. I too did this and did a fresh install of l4t to fix it.
 

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My Switch has really finicky Wifi so I've bought a USB Ethernet adapter but that doesn't seem to work. Is there anything in particular I need to install for it to work or is it just straight up a no-go?
 

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Oh wait a second... So you can't boot this thing without having a custom firmware installed first? Thought it'd launch like every other Linux for the Switch till now via RCM mode... Ah well :(
What makes you say that? You don't need CFW on your Switch to launch this -- you just have to flash the image on an SD card, and then launch it through the Hekate payload
 

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What makes you say that? You don't need CFW on your Switch to launch this -- you just have to flash the image on an SD card, and then launch it through the Hekate payload
Oh wait... I think I misread something then. Thought "hekate" was the name of the custom firmware, not just the payload. Whoops...
Yeah, I haven't been following Switch hacking as much as I did 3DS and Wii U so I'm still somewhat of a noob when it comes to Switch hacking ;)
 

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Oh wait... I think I misread something then. Thought "hekate" was the name of the custom firmware, not just the payload. Whoops...
Yeah, I haven't been following Switch hacking as much as I did 3DS and Wii U so I'm still somewhat of a noob when it comes to Switch hacking ;)
No worries, we all have to be at some point ;)
 
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Apply any kernel updates from the updates section in the thread
Honestly a Linux noob when it comes to messing with files, their permissions and etc. Do I really have to set up a VM just to apply the update to the image or is there any other way directly under Windows?

EDIT: Scrap that, I now see how the file structure is built up. No need for any Ubuntu VM :)
 
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Honestly a Linux noob when it comes to messing with files, their permissions and etc. Do I really have to set up a VM just to apply the update to the image or is there any other way directly under Windows?

EDIT: Scrap that, I now see how the file structure is built up. No need for any Ubuntu VM :)
You can apply the updates while Ubuntu is running right on your Switch. No need to even take the SD card out.
 

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fuck me bro does any1 think it would be possible to play halo 2 on switch? (the protect cartographer mod).

jesus christ i'd pay somebody $100 if they could get it working well on switch
 

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Hi the main post says dedicated sd card, is there any stable way to use 1 (fat32) sd card to have booth homebrew + tinfoil "backups" games and l4t
 

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Hi the main post says dedicated sd card, is there any stable way to use 1 (fat32) sd card to have booth homebrew + tinfoil "backups" games and l4t
Yes, when you flash the image file, you will end up with two partitions on your SD: One partition is FAT32, and is around 500MB large, and the other partition is an EXT4 partition, and is roughly 7.5GB large. After you boot L4T Ubuntu on your Switch, you can resize the FAT32 partition, and move all your homebrew and backups to that partition, and you can use it as you normally would
 
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Oh wait a second... So you can't boot this thing without having a custom firmware installed first?

Nintendo switch doesn't really have custom firmware, people call it that because having custom firmware is cool. Nothing has to be installed on the switch, it's all loaded through payloads.

It's more like the old ps3 psjailbreak exploit, before ps3 got cfw.
 

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Seems like the back USB port doesn't work, at least the Gigabit adapter I connected doesn't seem to be recognized there. Only on the "front" USB ports.
 

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