Our version of Lubuntu comes in two flavours - Desktop and Server. The Server version is very similar to the Debian image we've already been distributing for a while now, though it can be very easily transformed into a Desktop machine. The Desktop version is, well, Lubuntu! The installation for each version is very similar, so these instructions will work no matter which version you pick.
First, you'll need to download one of the images. These are raw disk images, so they should be easier to flash.
- Desktop (2.0GiB extracted - use a USB of at least 3GiB)
- Server (300MiB extracted - use a USB of at least 512MiB)
Once you've downloaded one, you'll need to flash it to a USB. How you do this depends on your OS - I've been using dd, but I guess
etcher could work. It should be kinda similar to the current Windows instructions - I'll update this post once it gets figured out. In any case, you should be able to flash this image and boot into Lubuntu!
Both images will boot straight to a commandline login screen - log in as "root" with the password "wiiu". First order of business is to change that - run "passwd" and follow the prompts to change the
root password. If you're on Server, the partition for the USB is only 300MiB, while the Desktop variant is 2GiB. While
300MiB should be enough for anybody, I've written a script to grow that to the full size of your USB - you should run the following:
Code:
/usr/local/share/linux-wiiu/rootfs_enlarge.sh
If it works, your Wii U should reboot. For Server users, you're done! Desktop users are probably a tad disappointed by the commandline they've been using - let's fix that. Log back in as root with your new password and run this command:
Code:
dpkg-reconfigure lightdm
reboot
Your Wii U will reboot again, but this time Linux will start right up to a login screen! From here, it's a good idea to log in as a guest and make yourself a user account - look at System Tools -> Users and Groups in the apps menu (it may ask for your root password). Enjoy!