How to Install Ubuntu Mate on Your Raspberry Pi 2 and Raspberry Pi 3: A Step-by-Step Guide

Hey there, everybody! It's your favorite tech guy, ETA Prime, back at it again with another awesome tutorial. Today, we're going to tackle two of the most popular single-board computers out there - the Raspberry Pi 2 and the Raspberry Pi 3. We'll show you how to install Ubuntu Mate on both devices, expand your file system, and enjoy a snappy and user-friendly operating system.

First things first, let's get started with downloading the Ubuntu Mate image. You can obtain this image from inanc.org (links will be in the description below). Click on "Download" and scroll down until you see the big Raspberry Pi logo. Next, you'll need to download Win32 Disimager, which is a super-safe application that will help us flash the image to your SD card. Don't worry; there's no malware or anything nasty like that - it's just a simple tool to make our lives easier.

Once you've downloaded both files, head over to your Raspberry Pi and insert an 8GB or larger microSD card (16GB is recommended). Make sure the SD card is formatted correctly before proceeding. Now, let's get started with flashing the image using Win32 Disimager. Mount your SD card in a USB reader or card slot, then open Win32 Disimager and select your microSD card as the source device. Choose the Ubuntu Mate ISO file from your downloads folder and proceed with the installation process.

After the installation is complete, remove the SD card from your computer and insert it into your Raspberry Pi. Power on your Pi, and you should see the boot screen of Ubuntu Mate. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your password, name, Wi-Fi connection, and other settings to get started with your new operating system.

Now that we've successfully installed Ubuntu Mate on our Raspberry Pi 2/3, let's talk about expanding our file system. This is an important step, as it will give us more free space on our SD card. To start, open the Terminal application (you can find it in the Applications menu). Type `sudo apt-get update` and press Enter to update your package list.

Next, type `sudo apt-get install ubuntu-disks` and press Enter again. This will install the Ubuntu Disks utility, which we'll use later to expand our file system. Open the Terminal again and type `sudo ubuntu-disks --create` followed by pressing Enter. This will open the Ubuntu Disks tool.

Now, select your SD card from the list of available devices and click on "Format" at the top right corner. Make sure you're using the correct partition (usually `/dev/sdX`) before proceeding. Select the file system type as ext4 and allocate a suitable amount of space for your root filesystem (usually around 30-40GB). Click "Apply" to confirm, then click "Finish" to exit the tool.

Now that we've expanded our file system, let's get back to the Terminal and use Ubuntu Disks to resize our partition. Type `sudo ubuntu-disks --resize` followed by pressing Enter. Select your SD card from the list of available devices, then select the partition you want to resize (usually `/dev/sdX`). Allocate a suitable amount of space for your root filesystem (usually around 30-40GB). Click "Apply" to confirm, then click "Finish" to exit the tool.

Finally, type `sudo reboot` followed by pressing Enter to restart your Raspberry Pi. After the system boots up again, you should see the expanded file system taking effect. To verify this, open the Terminal and type `df -h` (with a hyphen at the end). This will display information about your file system, including free space.

Congratulations! You've successfully installed Ubuntu Mate on your Raspberry Pi 2/3, expanded your file system, and set yourself up for a snappy and user-friendly operating experience. If you found this tutorial helpful, please give it a thumbs-up and subscribe to my channel for more awesome content like this. Thanks in advance for your support - it means the world to me!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on everybody it's ETA Prime back here again and today I'm going to show you how to install umuntu mate on your Raspberry Pi 2 and your Raspberry Pi 3 now after we install onon mate I will also walk you through on expanding your file system so you can use the full capacity of your SD card Within umuntu mate let's get started first things first we're going to need the umuntu M image you can obtain the image by going to inmate.org all the links will be in the description for everything I use here today we're going to click on download just going to scroll down here till we see the big Raspberry Pi logo we're going to scroll down now we're going to download it now this is a torrent so you're going to need a torrent application to download download it if you don't know about Torrance Google it super simple super easy this won't hurt your computer so I have already downloaded the umuntu image I have placed it in a on my desktop it's easily accessible next thing we're going to need to do is download win32 dis imager now this is the application you use to flash the image to your SD card this is a super safe download been using it for years lots of people use it there's no malware there's no spyware so don't worry there's no viruses in this um you're going to need to download this and it's free just download it install it and you'll be set to go third I recommend you download SD card formatter now you will not you need to use this if you have a fresh SD card if you after you flash anything to the SD card using win32 dis imager the SD card will only read as a 52 megabyte card so you are going to need to use SD formatter to reformat the card and regain all the space available on your SD card now that we have those out of the way like I said all the links are in the description for umun image sd4 matter and win32 dis imager so umuntu mate comes as a zipped file it will be umuntu mate 15.10.19 it's finished extracting now if you have a problem extracting the umun image try to extract it with either win raar or seven zip now they're free just Google them and you'll be good but there is one case that I have seen where the image is named image. gz so if you open this up and you see that you have a image. gz go ahead and rename rename and delete the gz delete the gz so it looks just like this do image at the back of your file here so it has extracted and we have a disk image file now now this is the image file that we will flash to the SD card so right now in my SD card reader on my computer in my SD card reader on my computer I have a 16 gigabyte Samsung Class 10 HC SD card now it's a decently fast card um this is one of those orange Samsungs it will write and read close to 15 me gabt per second if you use an older black class 4 card they usually read and write at 5 megabytes to 7 megabytes so the experience will be a lot more snappier if you have a high-end fast SD card so you need to close out of here and what we're going to do is open up win32 dis imager now this is a super simple interface this blue folder icon is where we're going to load the umuntu image that we just extracted so I'm going to click on this I am going to go to my desktop where I extracted my umuntu mate and we're just going to double click on the image file now you want to make sure that the device is the SD card that you have see I have two I have a USB stick and an SD card you need to make sure that you are FL flashing to your SD card so you don't mess your USB stick up delete all the files so go ahead and find your SD card and just find out what it's name mine is SD card and it is Drive e so we want to select Drive e and we want to go ahead and write I'm going to fast forward this for you and when we're done with this we're going to go back over to the Raspberry Pi place the SD card in and I'll show you umuntu mate all right guys the image successfully flashed to the SD card now I'm going to show you uh one thing I was talking about with the SD card formatter after you have installed an image to your SD card it will be named Pi boot now this is for umuntu mate we're going to right click and go to properties and as you can see we only have 44 megabytes showing on this card in order to reclaim the full size of your card you are going to need to use SD card form matter now this is after you're done with the card after you're done using U or any image that you flashed this will bring it back in case you want to use the card for something else or reflash a new image so now that the writing's done to the SD card we are going to move to the Raspberry Pi 3 show you how to set up umuntu mate and how to expand the file system so this is umom to mate booting for the first time it will go through a few little steps it will boot to the desktop setup screen and you'll need to put in your password your name set up your Wi-Fi and all the good stuff like that then we can get using um tum operating system on the Raspberry Pi I'm going to fast forward this part here all right so we're done with the first um Boot and setup so now we need to extend the file system if you go to your home folder rightclick properties you'll see that your free space is very low mine is 364 megabytes yours can vary it's anywhere from 200 to 600 megab now I have a 16 GB SD card so I should be showing at least 10 GB free here we going to close this and we want to expand the SD card so we are going to open applications system tools mate terminal now you need to follow this to a T I will leave it in the description description I will also leave a text file that you can download from my Dropbox that way it's easier access but it's super simple we are going to type in pseudo space Fisk spaceward slev SL mmcb L k0 press enter now we're going to type in our password that you use to set up aunu mate press enter we are now on Fisk which is the built-in umuntu dis utility type P enter D enter 2 Enter n enter P enter 2 enter now press enter twice enter enter we're going to type w enter now we need to reboot the system so we'll go up here to the top right hand corner to the little power switch and restart the system we still have one more thing we need to type in so we'll go back to Applications system tools mate terminal and we will type in pseudo space resize 2fs space forward slash Dev slmm c b l k 0 P2 we will press enter we type in our password we used to set up onon to mate press enter one more time and you have a fully expanded SD card we'll need to reboot one last time so the power button in the right top hand corner restart okay after that reboot you should have a fully expanded file system the best way to check that is go to your home folder rightclick properties now we're showing free space of 12.3 GB like I said I have a 16 GB SD card so the rest of the card is being used by the umuntu mate operating system you're now free to use umuntu mate in whichever way you'd like in my opinion this is the best OS for the Raspberry Pi to 2 or the Raspberry Pi 3 now I'm on the pi 3 and I've noticed a significant gain in performance over the pi 2 I used this on the pi 2 for about a year I love the operating system it's just great so if you guys want go ahead and give it a try and see how you like it um if this helped you out at all if you could help me out and hit that like button and subscribe that would be awesome it really does help me out a bunch and it keeps me going it makes me want to make more tutorials for you guys so like I said this was how to install unun on your Raspberry Pi 2 or three and expand the file system appreciate you guys watching and thanks\n"