This is an intermediate release due to problems with HDMI output around the 2012.03 release date.
The 2012.03-1 Ubuntu Desktop release from Linaro and Igloo Community is now available for download at
http://releases.linaro.org/12.03.1/ubuntu/leb-snowball/
Please follow the instructions there for installing the image on microSD card.
You can also get an image that can be flashed to the internal memory from
http://igloocommunity.org/download/linaro/images/2012.03.1/
The images are compressed to save download time. Please see the Flashing howto for installation instructions for the prebuilt image for the internal memory:
http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Flashing_howto
The Linaro release page can be found at
https://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1203/Release
Since this release was delayed, the applicable test results at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjEaTwrvj1bidHVUOGwzR19jYXZFUlNOR2R5Sm5EOHc
will be in the 12.03.1 row.
Sources for all free components in the release are available from the Igloo Gitweb:
http://www.igloocommunity.org/gitweb/
You can also get the sources, as well as updates, from the Snowball PPA repository:
https://launchpad.net/~igloocommunity-maintainers/+archive/snowball
A full list of bugs fixed for this release is available at
https://launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+milestone/2012.03
and
https://launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+milestone/2012.03-1
Main supported features
- Based on Linux 3.3.0 and the Linaro Ubuntu desktop file system
- HDMI/DVI-D display support
- Graphics acceleration with the Mali 400 GPU
- Bluetooth support
- Ethernet and Wireless connectivity
- GPS support
- Sensors support (accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, barometer)
- microSD card support
- Audio playback (see known limitations)
- Limited USB OTG host functionality
Features to be included in future releases
- Multimedia acceleration
- Better USB OTG host support
Known limitations
- USB OTG host mode is working only in a limited fashion:
http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Work-around_for_USB-Host_issue - Pulseaudio by default does not work well with the Snowball audio
driver, resulting in choppy playback. There is a work-around described
in the comment #1 of
https://bugs.launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+bug/939593 - Bluetooth seems to be working one-way only:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/igloocommunity/+bug/974272
Please report any further issues with this image at the Igloo Community launchpad project. For details about it please see:
http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Bug_tracking
