Demo: The Future of Ubuntu on RISC-V

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Ubuntu boots on real RISC-V boards today: VisionFive 2 SBC running 23.04 launched in April 2023, PolarFire SoC support on Microchip dev boards and BeagleV devices shipping with Ubuntu pre-installed, and HiFive Pro P500 images validated. Work focuses on recompiling the distro per evolving RISC-V profiles, adding vendor-specific optimizations, and building scalable RISC-V build and test farms that need hardware with vector and hypervisor extensions to run CI at scale.

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1. 0:00Introduction to Ubuntu
2. 1:18Ubuntu on RISC-V progress
3. 3:42Future strategy and roadmap
4. 6:38Call to action and conclusion

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