In this guide, you’ll learn how to download the latest Raspberry Pi image of Ubuntu MATE, write it to a microSD card and setup the OS on your device.

Ubuntu is one of the top OS options for Raspberry Pis, especially for beginners, and it is well-supported.

Raspberry Pi 5 supports booting not only from microSD cards but also from USB memory, external SSD, etc., so I have summarized the steps for USB booting. Also, if you are using a power adapter ...

And, as you're going to be installing and using Linux on your Raspberry Pi, it makes good sense to create your SD card from within a Linux environment.

With the larger memory of the Raspberry Pi 4 series, it is now more practical to run Ubuntu. I'm going to see how easy it is - or isn't, and how well it works - or doesn't.

Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distributions, and it's based on Debian, same as Raspberry Pi OS, so you'd think it would be easy. It's not.

The Pi-Desktop Kit add-on board includes a connection for an mSATA SSD drive. I am going to look at adding one, and using it for simple disk storage expansion and for booting the Raspberry Pi.

Once that’s done, connect the SSD, USB drive, and external Ethernet adapter to your Raspberry Pi. Power up your Raspberry Pi and follow the on-screen instructions to install Proxmox onto the SSD.

Yes, Tom Fenton uses ESXi on a Raspberry Pi, but with an added twist: using an M.2 SATA SSD device for USB storage.