The latest Ubuntu Desktop 20.10 was still in the beta stage at the time of writing this article (November 2020). Its des

I’ve read in some reviews that the Firefox browser has better hardware acceleration support. In practice, YouTube plays video more smoothly, but the benchmark showed only 44.3 in Firefox—that is, even a little less. The conclusion is simple: Firefox only accelerates video, but nothing else is faster, even the contrary.

Wi-Fi: Wi-Fi itself works, but it is not shown in the system settings. “Wi-Fi Unavailable” is displayed, and the list of networks is empty. (At the same time, the command ifconfig shows a normally working wlan0 adapter in the running status and an IP address.)

Audio: By default, for an unknown reason, the headphone output is always active — there is no sound on the display speakers. I can switch the sound to HDMI in the settings, but it all reverts back after a reboot.

This version, at the time of writing this article, had the status “latest development release with nine months of support, until July 2021.” That means this is not the final release. But in comparison with what it was, it will definitely not be worse.

Be aware that when you buy the Raspberry Pi 4, you get only the board. By default, you get no case, no cooling, no power button, no power supply, no SD card or slot for SSD. The final price will be definitely bigger.

At this point, I decided to stop testing version 20.04. I have no desire to recommend a version that has a lot of bugs and is twice as slow as the standard Raspbian version.

Let’s return to the browser. The main hopes were on it because built-in Chromium is limited in DRM functionality. Indeed, Google makes it possible to download Chrome for Ubuntu:

To be honest, for me, the final conclusion on Raspbian vs. Ubuntu has not yet emerged. Raspbian is more stable, but the latest version of Ubuntu looks much more attractive in terms of design, and the speed and smoothness of the interface in the latest version has significantly increased. For now, I switched back to Raspbian — Ubuntu bugs are a bit annoying, and Raspbian is faster.

In general, the Raspberry Pi 4 can handle most tasks such as reading articles like this one, playing video, or working with text. But don’t expect top-level performance from the $50 board — it will be not the fastest computer in the world.

When trying to install it, however, it throws the error “package architecture (amd64) does not match system (arm64).” It looks like there is no version of Chrome for ARM yet. This means that everything written in the first part is relevant here as well. And the icing on the cake: The web.basemark.com test showed a result of only 36.4 against 64.8 for Chromium in Raspbian:

One bug still exists: The sound plays via the headphones after each boot. But Ubuntu version 20.10 is much better than 20.04, so those who want to experiment on their own can be advised to start with it. A lot of work has also been done to improve the drivers. Interface speed, smoothness when dragging windows, and other bells and whistles have been significantly improved.

Indeed, the Ubuntu developers have done a great job! A bug with Wi-Fi has been fixed, the application manager now works correctly, the display resolution was detected properly, and the system’s responsiveness seems to have increased remarkably. The background picture has also changed. In general, it all looks quite stylish.

As for the subjective opinion about using the Raspberry Pi as a desktop: There is a real potential for this, but the system is still unfinished. In principle, the device can be used (considering, of course, that you shouldn’t expect the comfort and speed of a Core i7 from a $50 computer). This text was completely written on the Raspberry Pi, and it works fine. The possibilities are more limited for multimedia. Some things can be improved by tuning the configs or using third-party tools, but it may require some Linux knowledge. On the other hand, its compactness, noiselessness, and low power consumption are impressive. Also, the Raspberry Pi 4 can be useful for studying programming and Linux and may be a perfect holiday gift for a student who is passionate about computers and IT.

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The big disadvantage is the lack of official DRM support in the web browser. You can use third-party tools, but in the default configuration, you won’t be able to watch Netflix or Amazon Prime. As I understand, it’s a legal issue, not a technical one, and I hope the Raspberry Pi team can finally solve it.