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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS — Install and Setup on Raspberry Pi (+Desktop) How To Raspberry Pi Canonical has officially certified Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa for the Raspberry Pi, I want to know more about it. Let's install the Linux distribution on the Pi and see how well it works. First of all you need to know that Ubuntu 20.04 is only available for the Raspberry Pi versions 2, 3 and… Read more »
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WireGuard VPN Server – Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi, Linux, Android How To Raspberry Pi VPN WireGuard will officially be included in the Linux kernel 5.6. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa will not use the kernel upon release, but will still implement the lean VPN protocol WireGuard by default. This is great news. Up to now, however, installing the protocol in Ubuntu has been easy, as there is a so-called PPA.… Read more »