# Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi 4 2G
**URL:** https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357
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**Created:** [4 March 2020 07:33 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357 "2020-03-04T07:33:42Z")
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### Author:  [@Chris31002](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Chris31002)
#### Post date: [4 March 2020 07:33 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357/1 "2020-03-04T07:33:42Z")
I’ve seen a couple of old posts on this. I was wondering is anyone had any recent success with Ubutu on the Raspberry Pi 4B?
After struggling with the 4GB Pi 4B I eventually gave up: I tried the work-around of setting “total\_mem=3072” but to no avail.
I did get Ubutu 64 bit to load on a Ras Pi 4 B 2GB, but it kept crashing during boot up (initial boot up was fine, but subsequent boot ups froze). I did overclock both the CPU and GPU with cooling.
Should I just stick to the 32 bit? It seems a bit of a shame given the RasPi 4’s potential.
Any advice/links would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Christoper97276](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Christoper97276)
#### Post date: [10 March 2020 04:41 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357/2 "2020-03-10T04:41:11Z")
Have not done it myself, I thought the latest versions got over the 4gb issue.
I am sure you have seen this [https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi](https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi) but it just says 64 bit will be slightly faster on Pi 4.
Good luck, sorry I could not add anything.
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### Author:  [@Chris31002](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Chris31002)
#### Post date: [11 March 2020 02:56 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357/3 "2020-03-11T02:56:32Z")
Thanks Christopher.
They seem to make it simple on the Ubuntu website, but I’m starting to think it may be more trouble than it’s worth. I might just have to revert to using Raspbian. I’ve had more success with 32 bit Ubuntu, but 64 bit just won’t work for me despite the recommended work around. I might have to wait until the next version of Ubuntu. They may improve RPi support in time.
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### Author:  [@Christoper97276](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Christoper97276)
#### Post date: [11 March 2020 21:59 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357/4 "2020-03-11T21:59:33Z")
That is exactly what I thought. Raspbian works, it is well tested and updated.
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### Author:  [@brian86770](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/brian86770)
#### Post date: [12 March 2020 09:54 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357/5 "2020-03-12T09:54:57Z")
have a read here i did not have any problems getting the 64 bit image to work on my rpi-4
[https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=256192#p1563150](https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=131&t=256192#p1563150)
you may run into video mismatch problems between your screen and the rpi-4 64 bit image
which means you may need to define video settings into the usercfg.txt file
if you have a usb to uart adapter you can verify that the image booted via a putty window from the rpi console using a windows machine
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### Author:  [@Bryce](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Bryce)
#### Post date: [17 March 2020 00:05 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/ubuntu-on-raspberry-pi-4-2g/7357/6 "2020-03-17T00:05:45Z")
Hey Brian and Chris,
Below I’ve linked a suitable tutorial in case you needed to learn how to SSH into your Pi. Please let us know if there’s anything else that we can do to help!
[https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/windows.md](https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/remote-access/ssh/windows.md)
Bryce
Core Electronics | Support