Ubuntu provides the riscv64 architecture for the RISC-V platform since the release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

== Images ==

=== Preinstalled Server Images ===

 * Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) preinstalled images for

   * [[RISC-V/Nezha D1 | Allwinner Nezha D1]]
   * [[RISC-V/LicheeRV | LicheeRV Dock]]
   * [[RISC-V/Microchip PIC64GX1000 Curiosity Kit | Microchip PIC64GX1000 Curiosity Kit]]
   * [[RISC-V/PolarFire SoC FPGA Icicle Kit | Microchip Polarfire Icicle]]
   * [[RISC-V/Milk-V Mars | Milk-V Mars]]
   * [[RISC-V/QEMU | QEMU]]
   * [[RISC-V/SiFive HiFive Unmatched | SiFive HiFive Unmatched]]
   * [[RISC-V/StarFive VisionFive | StarFive VisionFive]]
   * [[RISC-V/StarFive VisionFive 2 | StarFive VisionFive 2]]

 are available at https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/release/.

 * Ubuntu 22.04.4 (Jammy Jellyfish) preinstalled SD-card images for

   * [[RISC-V/Nezha D1 | Allwinner Nezha D1]]
   * [[RISC-V/LicheeRV | LicheeRV Dock]]
   * [[RISC-V/PolarFire SoC FPGA Icicle Kit | Microchip PolarFire Icicle Kit]]
   * [[RISC-V/SiFive HiFive Unmatched | SiFive HiFive Unmatched]] (also supports [[RISC-V/QEMU | QEMU]])
   * [[RISC-V/StarFive VisionFive | StarFive VisionFive]]

 are available at https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04.4/release/.

 * Ubuntu 20.04.5 (Focal Fossa) preinstalled SD-card images for the 

   * SiFive HiFive Unleashed
   * [[RISC-V/SiFive HiFive Unmatched | SiFive HiFive Unmatched]] (also supports  [[RISC-V/QEMU | QEMU]])

 are available at https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/20.04.5/release/.

=== Server Install Image ===

If you want to install Ubuntu on a disk drive, use the server install image.

 * An Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) [[https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/ubuntu-23.10-live-server-riscv64.img.gz|server install image]] is available at https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/23.10/release/

 * A Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) server install image supporting the [[RISC-V/SiFive HiFive Unmatched | SiFive HiFive Unmatched]] board and [[RISC-V/QEMU | QEMU]] is available at https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/23.04/release/.


 * A Ubuntu 22.04.3 (Jammy Jellyfish) server install image supporting the [[RISC-V/SiFive HiFive Unmatched | SiFive HiFive Unmatched]] board and [[RISC-V/QEMU | QEMU]] is available at https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/22.04.3/release/.

A tutorial is available at https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/install-ubuntu-server.

A description of the installation process is also available at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-installation-on-the-sifive-hifive-unmatched-board-using-a-server-install-image/27804.

=== Desktop ===

We currently don't provide a desktop image for RISC-V. But you can install package ubuntu-desktop to get a GNOME desktop. As of 2022 due to performance restrictions the only hardware usable for a desktop is the SiFive HiFive Unmatched board.

== Forums ==

You can discuss Ubuntu on RISC-V over at the [[https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/server/17|Ubuntu Server forums]].