L4T Ubuntu
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Intro
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To facilitate our work we will only update our wiki from now on in order to avoid multiple outdated references, please refer to the following link instead of this page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

Credits
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.

 

[Silent_Gunner]

So, here's a question on my mind:

Proton, how well does it run on this, if at all? Or are the only games that aren't emulators that would even have a chance of working on this native ports?

 

[Rigle]

I've been this video and I'm wondering if there are native capabilities for the gamecube controller to play these games. Do you know anything about it?

 

[monokin1114]

If you have a gamecube controller then yes. I am planning on getting a controller

 

[crabycowman123]

After setting a max frequency, how do I make sure that it is actually limiting the frequency? And is there a way to see what the current clock speed is?

 

[monokin1114]

Is anyone else getting terrible download speeds?

Also if you have that CPU freq app that will show you

 

[tansoftware]

Is anyone else getting terrible download speeds?

Also if you have that CPU freq app that will show you

Everything has slowed down since the last update.

 

[monokin1114]

I havent really noticed anything other then this, But I am on a 2ghz network and downloading retroarch

 

[pietempgba]

I made an arm64 build of chrisknepper's unofficial Google Messages client. This will allow you to send and receive your texts on the Switch. This app also saves a lot of CPU and memory resources as opposed to having a web browser up all the time to run Google Messages. It also supports notification sounds and preview notifications.

To install, open Terminal and then enter the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/jjhaywor/android-messages-desktop-arm64
mv android-messages-desktop-arm64/Messages.AppImage ~/Desktop/

Now on your desktop there will be a file called Messages.AppImage that will launch when you double click (or tap).
Be sure to tap the "Remember this computer" switch under the QR code.
On your phone, open Google Messages, tap the three vertical dots in the top right corner, then tap "Messages for web"
Hit "QR code scanner"
Point your phone at the QR code and then you should be good to go.

Optionally to give an icon to the AppImage you can right click it, hit "Properties", and then just click the default icon to open the file browser. From there you can pick any picture you want, or the one that I provided in the android-messages-desktop-arm64 folder.

Lmk if you have any questions or if you run into any errors.

I think you can move it somewhere else and make a .desktop file and find a good icon image to use for it

 

[trohn_javolta]

You need to copy everything off of the sd card and then burn the L4T image to it. Then you resize the fat32 partition to the size you want. And also resize the linux partition to the size you want. This must be done on a different system then the switch

And then... Sry but I don't get how it can work. OFW is in the Nand, I think? But booting atmosphere I need stuff from the folders right? How would atmosphere boot option show up in hekate and how would it know where the folder is now if it's on another partition?

Also, I wonder if I could get some reboot to kosmos/atmosphere option in Ubuntu to work? In kosmos/atmosphere I know there's some homebrew that'll get you the option to reboot into a boot menu to select what to start.

Edit: Last Question: Do I have to apply all updates chronologically or is it sufficient to just apply latest update?

 

[DerekGeneric831]

Holy run-on sentence batman. Alright, so delete the boot folder and the boot.src files on the FAT32 partition of your SD card. Then download the update zip file, put it on your FAT32 partition, then right click it and hit "extract here". When it asks you if you want to overwrite or replace any files hit yes (to keep the zip files rather than the ones you already had). Then delete the zip file and you should be good to go.

Also if you are having trouble with the touch controls, I highly recommend plugging a keyboard, mouse, and monitor into your dock and using those (or you can even use a Bluetooth keyboard, etc)

Is this all while im on Linux or is this through my usual windows pc?

 

[Snomannen_kalle]

Is this all while im on Linux or is this through my usual windows pc?

You can do it on Windows, but you might be able to do it in L4T Ubuntu as well

 

[DerekGeneric831]

You can do it on Windows, but you might be able to do it in L4T Ubuntu as well

When i delete both Boot folders while on L4T Ubuntu Switch and turn off my switch and then place the Update file on the root of the FAT32 partition of the microsd card and put it back in my switch and try to boot L4T Ubuntu Switch it simply just doesn't load L4T anymore... which i mean i sort of expected considering they're used to boot the system?
I guarantee i'm doing something wrong, just completely new to Linux.

 

[Snomannen_kalle]

When i delete both Boot folders while on L4T Ubuntu Switch and turn off my switch and then place the Update file on the root of the FAT32 partition of the microsd card and put it back in my switch and try to boot L4T Ubuntu Switch it simply just doesn't load L4T anymore... which i mean i sort of expected considering they're used to boot the system?
I guarantee i'm doing something wrong, just completely new to Linux.

Update 1.1 contains a new Boot folder, which you should place on the root of the FAT32 partition on your SD card; make sure you do that before you try to boot L4T Ubuntu

 

[DerekGeneric831]

Update 1.1 contains a new Boot folder, which you should place on the root of the FAT32 partition on your SD card; make sure you do that before you try to boot L4T Ubuntu

Ah, Thank you!
i had to extract it twice, so once i put it back into my switch and reboot Linux it should be good to go?
i've been seeing all these codes that you need to use with "Gnome-Terminal" to set up Dolphin and everything else but i've been really unclear as to how to get it all running..

 

[duckworld]

The update notes say that SquashFS is now supported in the 1.2 (hotfix) build, however I can't seem to get SquashFS filesystems to mount, they error out saying "unknown filesystem SquashFS".

Tried both updating my existing install and creating a new install on a different SD card; no dice with either.

Am I missing something obvious?

 

[Snomannen_kalle]

Ah, Thank you!
i had to extract it twice, so once i put it back into my switch and reboot Linux it should be good to go?
i've been seeing all these codes that you need to use with "Gnome-Terminal" to set up Dolphin and everything else but i've been really unclear as to how to get it all running..

Yes, that should do it. You could just copy and paste the commands from the other thread, and that should get Dolphin going. You might need a reboot first though

 

[DerekGeneric831]

Yes, that should do it. You could just copy and paste the commands from the other thread, and that should get Dolphin going. You might need a reboot first though

When you say copy paste the commands do you mean on the switch itself through Linux or on the pc? And is it by using the Gnome-Terminal?
Can't quite figure out how to do the commands properly for some reason.
Also tried to use the Chrome on L4T Ubuntu and the keyboard doesn't show up at all but shows up using everything else.

 

[Trice]

So, here's a question on my mind:

Proton, how well does it run on this, if at all? Or are the only games that aren't emulators that would even have a chance of working on this native ports?

It doesn't. Just because the Switch is running Linux doesn't change the fact that it's using a different CPU architecture than what most PC games are made for. Proton/Wine isn't an emulator, just a compatibility layer to get Windows programs to run on Unix-like systems, so it doesn't work across completely different architectures.

[edit] There is a project by some Wine devs that tries to achieve running x86_64 applications on aarch64, but it's still in its infancy and the performance hit is pretty severe: https://github.com/AndreRH/hangover

 

[Snomannen_kalle]

When you say copy paste the commands do you mean on the switch itself through Linux or on the pc? And is it by using the Gnome-Terminal?
Can't quite figure out how to do the commands properly for some reason.
Also tried to use the Chrome on L4T Ubuntu and the keyboard doesn't show up at all but shows up using everything else.

Yes, I'm sorry, I should have been more clear -- you copy and paste the commands to the Terminal on Linux. You can write them in manually too, but unless you use a keyboard, that can get a bit tedious. If you get any error messages, you probably miss some dependencies; it should say what it needs or why you get the error. You can try to google it; or if you miss a dependancy, you could try

sudo apt-get install "name of dependancy"

Regarding the keyboard -- in the top right corner, there should be a symbol that looks like four squares -- if you press that symbol, you get the option of showing the on-screen keyboard

 

[DerekGeneric831]

Slowly learning how to use this abit at a time hahah