In the last month Canonical released a new LTS version of Ubuntu named Bionic. We are glad to offer new images of Ubuntu Bionic for i.MX6 and i.MX7 Nitrogen boards with the current 4.9.x_1.0.0 kernel. Now we changed to XFCE4…
Customizing Ubuntu/Debian kernels on i.MX6/7 boards
This post is an update to our previous Ubuntunizing i.MX6 kernels in order to allow you to customize your image. Also I try to give you a guide how to modify and customize the system image on the host PC before installing…
Ubuntu Core 16 for i.MX6 and i.MX7 platforms
We are proud to share our first Ubuntu Core release for all our i.MX platforms. For the impatient You can download the OS image from here: ubuntu-core-nitrogen-stable-20180405.img.gz This image has been updated (20180404) with the following changes: Update kernel to…
Display configuration from U-Boot
Starting with Linux kernel v3.14.x and above, the way to setup the display on our platforms has changed. This blog post will detail how to set the proper display configuration from U-Boot. This applies to all operating systems that use…
Ubuntu Xenial for i.MX6/7 boards – August 2016 (kernel 4.1.15)
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…
