![]() I got that back on track by just exiting the shell that had come up to give me a chance to fix the problem, and it then went on through initial configuration and startup. Well, except for the fact that it had gotten its knickers in a twist because I had aborted the startup/initialization process several times. I got a standard HDMI cable and connected the Pi 2 to a new monitor, and it came up perfectly. I eventually gave up on that, because it was really scrambling my brain. ![]() If you have any other Linux system you can easily do this using dd (or ddrescue) but if you only have Windows available you will have to get one of the "dd for Windows" utilities to do this. Note that you have to byte-copy the image to the SD card, not simply unpack the archive to it. Then you have to copy the image directly to the microSD card for the Raspberry Pi. The Ubuntu MATE project has a web page dedicated to the Raspberry Pi, where you can download an installation image. ![]() I hope that it will be both fun and interesting! Until now I have been quite happy to stay with Raspbian, so this will be my first adventure with downloading, installing, configuring and using Ubuntu MATE. The Raspberry Pi hobbyist and developer communities seem not to have taken to it quite so enthusiastically, but that is the beauty of Linux, isn't it? Now you have a choice! The result is a distribution that is becoming very popular with those who want to use the Pi 2 for general purpose desktop work. The Ubuntu MATE developers took on the task, and did a very good job of it.
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