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Ubuntu 16 10 Beta 2 for Intel Baytrail and Cherrytrail Devices

Update: This page refers to earlier work and my latest ISOs and kernel upgrade scripts can be downloaded from my latest post.

Ive decided to re-spin my Ubuntu 16.10 Beta 2 ISO with a kernel that supports HDMI audio and wifi on any Intel Baytrail or Cherrytrail device. The kernel and ISO were developed for Intel Compute Sticks and this version hasnt been extensively tested on multiple devices simply due to the fact that I dont own them! As your mileage may vary depending upon device there are two options available.

The first option is to download my ISO from https://goo.gl/a9fh4L and write to a USB (use Rufus on Windows or dd on Linux). You can then try Ubuntu and/or perform a fresh installation.

Ubuntu 16.10 Beta 2 ISO

The second option is to download just my kernel and upgrade your existing installation. First download the shell script from https://goo.gl/c7ef41 and after making it executable (enter chmod 755 linuxium-install-yakkety-kernel-4.8.0-14-linuxium-linuxium.sh) you can install it as root (by entering sudo ./linuxium-install-yakkety-kernel-4.8.0-14-linuxium-linuxium.sh). Note that the disadvantage of this approach is that you will need to find and install the wifi firmware files in order to get wifi working on a Baytrail device. This is something I can look at fixing later.

Additionally Ive released an upgraded kernel: 4.8.0-17.19 called linuxium-install-yakkety-kernel-4.8.0-17-linuxium-linuxium.sh which can be downloaded from https://goo.gl/yzqqnV for those wishing to be on the very latest release. Another thing I can look at removing is the abundance of the text linuxium at a later stage.

Acknowledgements: Canonical Ltd. (Ubuntu), Pierre-Louis Bossart (HDMI audio), Linuxium (v4.8 HDMI audio), Daniel Bilik (C-state), Bastien Nocera (WiFi) and Larry Finger (Bluetooth).

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