At last the new Long Term Support Ubuntu has arrived. It’s full name Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS, it will be supported for 5 years by Canonical (till April 2021). This time we created a MATE desktop, not an…
i.MX Linux kernel 3.14.52
We’re glad to release a new Linux kernel branch based on NXP 3.14.52-1.1.0_ga release for all our i.MX boards: https://github.com/boundarydevices/linux-imx6/tree/boundary-imx_3.14.52_1.1.0_ga What’s new? Well the most important feature is that this kernel is the first consolidated version for all i.MX platforms, including i.MX7…
Ubuntu Trusty for i.MX6 boards – February 2016 (kernel 3.14.28)
This is a maintenance release of our last Ubuntu Trusty. Not much new content, but some minor fixes and changes, the only new package is the gstreamer-imx. We added a console image also, it was missing in the last Ubuntu….
Ubuntu Trusty for i.MX6 boards – December 2015 (kernel 3.14.28)
It’s been a while since our last Ubuntu release, so it’s time for an updated image of Ubuntu Trusty for our i.MX6 boards with some nice new features. This image contains Freescale-licensed content, so you will need to register…
Ubuntu Trusty for i.MX6 boards – June 2015 (kernel 3.10.53)
It’s been a while since our last Ubuntu release, so it’s time for an updated image of Ubuntu Trusty for our i.MX6 boards with some nice new features. This image contains Freescale-licensed content, so you will need to register on…
Readonly root filesystem for i.MX6 boards running Debian or Ubuntu
Do your customers think of your product more like computer or a toaster? The software driving our Linux-based systems has roots in mini-computers, where the systems lived in data centers with raised floors, un-interruptible power supplies and staff to handle…
Ubuntunizing i.MX6 kernels
Yes, we’re verbifying a noun here, but hope that the term is meaningful. We’ve been shipping binary images of Ubuntu for a while now, but haven’t really discussed the differences in the boot layout and will remedy that in this…
Wifi Hotspot on i.MX6 boards (through cellular or ethernet)
Our i.MX6 Nitrogen6x and especially Nitrogen6_Max boards have great connectivity options and can be useful in server applications as well as the more typical client uses. In this post, we’ll describe how to use the built-in WiFi adapter to create a…
Cellular modems on i.MX6 boards under Ubuntu
We’ve had lots of customers ask about cellular modem support on our i.MX6 boards, and in the past, have mostly just shrugged. Since most cell modems are USB or PCIe devices, configuration is a software task, and mostly done in userspace….
Ubuntu Trusty December 2014 release
It’s the middle of December and time for an updated image with Ubuntu 14.04 (code name Trusty) for our i.MX6 boards. It’s also time that we pushed a console-only image for those using our boards in applications that don’t require…
