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Are there official Ubuntu ARM / aarch64 desktop images?

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Yes there are. You can find the installer images for Ubuntu Desktop on arm64 in the daily builds:

Latest: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

24.04 LTS: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/

22.04 LTS: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/

Note that these images are not officially supported. They should be stable, however, and they are created by the Ubuntu project

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Are there official Ubuntu ARM / aarch64 desktop images? - Ask Ubuntu

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Yes there are. You can find the installer images for Ubuntu Desktop on arm64 in the daily builds:

Latest: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/

24.04 LTS: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/

22.04 LTS: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04/release/

Note that these images are not officially supported. They should be stable, however, and they are created by the Ubuntu project

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Installing Ubuntu Desktop for arm64 using Ubuntu Server ISO

At the end of the installation, you will have Ubuntu Server installed without any GUI. To install Ubuntu Desktop, log in and run:

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop
$ sudo reboot

Docker Hub

hub.docker.com › r › aarch64 › ubuntu

aarch64/ubuntu - Docker Image

Ubuntu is a Debian-based Linux operating system based on free software. ... The aarch64⁠ organization is deprecated in favor of the more-specific arm64v8⁠ organization, as per https://github.com/docker-library/official-images#architectures-other-than-amd64⁠. Please adjust your usages ...

Ubuntu

ubuntu.com › download › server › arm

Ubuntu for ARM | Download | Ubuntu

Download Ubuntu Server for ARM with support for the very latest ARM-based server systems powered by certified 64-bit processors.

OneUptime

oneuptime.com › home › blog › how to install ubuntu server on an arm64 (aarch64) machine

How to Install Ubuntu Server on an ARM64 (AArch64) Machine

March 2, 2026 - # Install cross-architecture QEMU sudo apt install qemu-system-arm # Boot the ARM64 Ubuntu installer qemu-system-aarch64 \ -machine virt \ -cpu cortex-a72 \ -smp 2 \ -m 2048 \ -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=/usr/share/AAVMF/AAVMF_CODE.fd,readonly=on \ -drive if=pflash,format=raw,file=/tmp/AAVMF_VARS.fd \ -drive file=ubuntu-arm64.qcow2,if=virtio \ -cdrom ubuntu-24.04-live-server-arm64.iso \ -netdev user,id=net0 \ -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 \ -nographic

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r/Ubuntu on Reddit: How do I use Ubuntu on ARM64?

December 8, 2025 -

Hey, can anyone help me? I've been trying for hours to install Linux on my notebook, the problem is that it's ARM64 architecture, I saw that Ubuntu is compatible with ARM, but when I try to start it on my notebook, the screen goes blank, I'm trying to boot with Ventoy

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It's easier if you communicate in English.

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Did you download the right image? Not the usual one, but this one: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ https://askubuntu.com/questions/1042696/are-there-official-ubuntu-arm-aarch64-desktop-images

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r/Ubuntu on Reddit: Transition from x86 to aarch64

February 10, 2026 -

Hello,

I'm currently working on building a pocketable setup for running Ubuntu/Debian on my smartphone and cast the screen to my wireless android AR glasses.

I always used x86 but am considering to completely transition to aarch64/arm to leverage the mobile arm chipset as much as possible. (Virtualization on mobile chipsets partially supports x86, because mobile chipsets are arm based, so reducing overhead would be important. x86 would be possible but not on all chipsets and only with some overhead that I think is worth taking in account)

My concern is that I would have to find a lot of inconvenient workarounds because everything is built for x86, but not for arm. But arm would run natively on those powerful mobile chipsets.

What type of issues would I encounter? And what would be a solid long-term strategy to solve them?

I hope someone experienced can give me some advice.

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The ARM transition isn't nearly as painful as it used to be, especially with Ubuntu's solid ARM64 support. Most of the core stuff you'd want runs natively now - Python, Node, Docker, all the major development tools. The biggest pain points are usually proprietary software like some commercial IDEs, certain games, and random legacy binaries that companies never bothered to recompile. For your mobile setup, you're actually in a pretty sweet spot since ARM is the native architecture. I'd suggest starting with a dual approach - keep an x86 VM around for the occasional stubborn application while you build out your ARM workflow. Box86/Box64 can handle a lot of x86 translation if you need it, though performance varies. The long-term strategy is honestly just patience - more software gets ARM builds every month, and the ecosystem is moving that direction anyway. Your biggest wins will come from the power efficiency and heat management of running native ARM code on mobile hardware.

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I ran Debian on ARM64 as my primary workstation for the past year. I barely noticed a difference besides occasionally downloading a different version of a package if I installed it manually.

Cfengine

cfengine.com › blog › 2022 › aarch64-debian11-ubuntu22-nightly-packages-available

Debian 11 and Ubuntu 22 aarch64 (arm64) packages available!

As a person who tries to work with as few resources as possible, whether it’s editing everything with ed(1) or using old laptops without screens for servers or turning off computers as much as possible I am happy to announce nightly packages are available for the aarch64 (ARM 64-bit) architecture. This enables low-power, low-cost devices such as the Raspberry Pi and many others to run CFEngine Enterprise. Why run CFEngine? It is lean on resources and rich in features! It helps keep your systems secure and compliant with whatever policy you may require. So far we are supporting what seem to be the most common operating systems: Ubuntu 22 and Debian 11.

LinuxVox

linuxvox.com › blog › linux-aarch64

A Comprehensive Guide to Linux on AArch64 Architecture — linuxvox.com

To install Linux on an AArch64 device, you first need to obtain a suitable Linux distribution. Some popular distributions for AArch64 include Ubuntu Server for ARM64, Fedora ARM, and Debian ARM64.

Jensd's I/O buffer

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Cross compiling for arm or aarch64 on Debian or Ubuntu | Jensd's I/O buffer

January 26, 2021 - For example, to use your standard PC, most likely x86, to build something that is usable on another machine or device that’s on another architecture, like ARM. In this post, I’ll explain how to do cross compiling for 32bit ARM (arm) or 64bit ARM (aarch64) using Debian 10 or Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

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github.com › sorbet › sorbet › issues › 4119

Support for Ubuntu Linux on ARM64 (aarch64) · Issue #4119

March 29, 2021 - We are starting to need to use ARM based Linux (using Ubuntu) but we can't use Sorbet since there is not a binary version of Sorbet that will run.

Author sorbet

LinuxVox

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Unveiling the Ubuntu ARM64 Desktop: A Comprehensive Guide — linuxvox.com

This blog post aims to provide ... practices, and best practices. ... ARM64, also known as AArch64, is the 64-bit extension of the ARM architecture....

Ubuntu

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SupportedArchitectures - Community Help Wiki

August 8, 2024 - Ubuntu is currently officially compatible with five processor architectures - x86_64 (aka AMD64), ARM64 (aka AArch64), PowerPC64 (aka POWER), System z (aka S390X), and RISC-V.

Ubuntu

launchpad.net › ubuntu › jammy › +package › gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu

gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu : Jammy (22.04) : Ubuntu

gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu 4:11.2.0-1ubuntu1 in i386 (Release)

GitHub

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Run Ubuntu 18.04 on Qemu AARCH64 / ARM64 · GitHub

cp ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img.orig · sudo qemu-system-aarch64 -m 1024 -cpu cortex-a57 -M virt -nographic -pflash flash0.img -pflash flash1.img -drive if=none,file=ubuntu-18.04-server-cloudimg-arm64.img,id=hd0 -drive file=user-data.img,format=raw,id=cloud -device virtio-blk-device,drive=hd0 -net user,hostfwd=tcp::30022-:22 -net nic -vnc :3

Stack Exchange

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how to build ubuntu for arm64? (how to give ARCH and CROSS_COMPILE variable to `debian/rules` command) - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

For those interested : I had to download the gcc for aarch64 from arm to remove that CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_PER_TASK related errors. now I can build ubuntu 20.04.

Ubuntu

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Details of package gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu in focal

Ubuntu

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Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS (Focal Fossa)

September 1, 2022 - 64-bit ARM (ARMv8/AArch64) WSL image · For 64-bit ARMv8 processors and above. The preinstalled-server image allows you to unpack a preinstalled version of Ubuntu onto a target device. Raspberry Pi Generic (Hard-Float) preinstalled server image · For modern Raspberry Pi boards (Pi 2, Pi 3 ...

Qt Forum

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Using cross-compilation for ARM64 in the Ubuntu 24.04 x86 environment | Qt Forum

March 10, 2025 - I have already resolved the issue and successfully cross-compiled for arm64 on Ubuntu 24.04 x86 using Qt6.8.2. I will provide my method. The configure command is as follows: ../Src/configure \ -prefix /home/ptc/Qt/6.8.2/arm64 \ -qt-host-path /home/ptc/Qt/6.8.2/gcc_64 \ -platform linux-g++ \ -device linux-aarch64-gnu-g++ \ -device-option CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- \ -no-opengl \ -skip qtopcua -skip qtwebengine -skip qtwebview -skip qtserialport -skip qtlocation \ -no-feature-brotli -no-feature-hunspell \ -- -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$HOME/Qt/6.8.2/toolchain/arm64-toolchain.cmake

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Why does hostnamectl return arm64, but uname returns aarch64? (Ubuntu 20.04.2 on raspberry pi) - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

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aarch64 and arm64 are the very same architecture. Most of the packagers and package manager uses aarch64 name, but when it comes to systemd it uses arm64. You can find more information here:

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/db58f6a9338d30935aa219bec9a8a853cc807756/src/basic/architecture.c

In this code, aarch64 is mapped back to arm64. Arm64 architecture is also used in the standard specifiers' man page (I have no idea which man page it is but here is the code: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/5efbd0bf897a990ebe43d7dc69141d87c404ac9a/man/standard-specifiers.xml).

This page informs you that architectures are listed in the systemd.unit man page. Here you got extract man 5 systemd.unit.

       ConditionArchitecture=
           Check whether the system is running on a specific
           architecture. Takes one of "x86", "x86-64", "ppc", "ppc-le",
           "ppc64", "ppc64-le", "ia64", "parisc", "parisc64", "s390",
           "s390x", "sparc", "sparc64", "mips", "mips-le", "mips64",
           "mips64-le", "alpha", "arm", "arm-be", "arm64", "arm64-be",
           "sh", "sh64", "m68k", "tilegx", "cris", "arc", "arc-be", or
           "native".

           The architecture is determined from the information returned
           by uname(2) and is thus subject to personality(2). Note that
           a Personality= setting in the same unit file has no effect on
           this condition. A special architecture name "native" is
           mapped to the architecture the system manager itself is
           compiled for. The test may be negated by prepending an
           exclamation mark.

From this short investigation, I deduce that systemd uses uname system call that prints aarch64 and changes it to arm64 internally.