desktopify

Convert Ubuntu Server for Raspberry Pi into a Desktop

This is a fork of wimpysworld's desktopify with support for any Ubuntu version prior to 20.04.

Also it supports apt-fast if available for faster downloads.

Installation

Put an Ubuntu Server image for Raspberry Pi on a SDHC card.
Boot the Ubuntu Server SDHC on a Raspberry Pi 2, 3 or 4.
Login to the Raspberry Pi; username ubuntu and password ubuntu
- You will be prompted to change the password
Clone the project
- git clone https://github.com/Jai-JAP/desktopify
Change your current directory to desktopify directory
- cd desktopify
Convert the server to a desktop
- See Usage (Below)

sudo ./desktopify --de <desktop environment>

Available desktop environments are:

lubuntu
kubuntu
ubuntu
ubuntu-budgie
ubuntu-kylin
ubuntu-mate
ubuntu-studio
xubuntu

You can also pass the optional --oem option which will run a setup wizard on the next boot.