Ubuntu Linux

The Linux distribution maintained by Canonical that serves as the default operating system for robotics development.

Ubuntu is an open-source Linux distribution maintained by the UK company Canonical, first released in 2004, with a new Long-Term Support (LTS) version every two years in April. It is the de facto standard operating system for robotics development: every ROS 2 distribution is tied to a specific Ubuntu LTS (Humble to 22.04, Jazzy to 24.04), NVIDIA Jetson's JetPack system is also Ubuntu-based, and Isaac Sim and most GPU training servers list it as their primary supported platform. The most common pitfall for newcomers setting up an environment is a mismatch between the installed Ubuntu version and the ROS version they're trying to use.

ExampleTo install ROS 2 Humble, first install Ubuntu 22.04; Windows users can practice by first setting up an Ubuntu installation through WSL2.

Related

ROS Distribution · Robot Operating System 2 · NVIDIA JetPack SDK · Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) · Docker · PREEMPT_RT

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About Ubuntu
ROS 2 Jazzy Installation

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2024-05