{"id":1643,"date":"2019-07-23T22:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T14:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2020-05-12T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:02:10","slug":"how-to-setup-a-small-and-powerful-computer-with-ubuntu-19-04-desktop-and-odroid-h2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/how-to-setup-a-small-and-powerful-computer-with-ubuntu-19-04-desktop-and-odroid-h2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup a small and powerful computer with Ubuntu 19.04 Desktop and Odroid H2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After implementing some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/easy-and-effective-ways-for-programmers-websites-to-earn-money\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">easy and effective ways to make money with my website<\/a>, I was able to earn some budget for a developer's machine. <\/p>\n<p>So what is a single board computer that is small and powerful? <\/p>\n<p>After doing some research, I set my eyes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Once I had received all the hardware components, I proceeded with setting up <a href=\"http:\/\/releases.ubuntu.com\/19.04\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu 19.04<\/a> Desktop on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you need a reference, this is how you can setup Ubuntu 19.04 Desktop on an Odroid H2.<\/p>\n<h2>Recommended hardware<\/h2>\n<p>When I was looking for parts to buy for my Odroid H2 build, I looked for information at several places. In order to make it more convenient for you, I had included a list of items that you can buy for your Odroid H2 build:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2 board<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/15v-4a-power-supply-uk-plug\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15V\/4A power supply UK plug<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/15v-4a-power-supply-us-plug\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15V\/4A power supply US plug<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/15v-4a-power-supply-eu-plug\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15V\/4A power supply EU plug<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/15v-4a-power-supply-asia-korea-plug-copy\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15V\/4A power supply Asia\/Korea plug<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/15v-4a-power-supply-australia-plug\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">15V\/4A power supply Australia plug<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2-case-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2 Case Type 1<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2-case-type-2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2 Case Type 2<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2-case-3\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2 Case Type 3<\/a> or<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2-case-4\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2 Case Type 4<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/led-power-button\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LED Power Button<\/a> (Optional, good to have if you have fat fingers)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B07J2Q4SWZ\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=clivsperswebs-20&linkId=d0ed4c129c23374167afd08bfcad6807&language=en_US\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD - CT1000P1SSD8<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B019FRCV9G\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=clivsperswebs-20&linkId=e7f64edecc0de6b2510e0149d9db4404&language=en_US\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crucial 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT\/s (PC4-19200) DR x8 SODIMM 260-Pin Memory - CT2K16G4SFD824A<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you need WIFI, get one of <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.odroid.com\/accessory\/connectivity\/wifi\/wifimodules\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid WIFI modules<\/a>. I was able to get WIFI with my old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00GCB2XII\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=clivsperswebs-20&linkId=627dd9ae5de418242ea1c2f95106a04d&language=en_US\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ASUS USB-N10 NANO<\/a> too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Create a bootable USB flash drive for installing Ubuntu 19.04<\/h2>\n<p>One of the easiest way to install Ubuntu on Odroid H2 is to create a Ubuntu bootable USB flash drive.<\/p>\n<p>In order to do so, first go to <a href=\"http:\/\/releases.ubuntu.com\/19.04\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo)<\/a> download page and download <a href=\"http:\/\/releases.ubuntu.com\/19.04\/ubuntu-19.04-desktop-amd64.iso\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">64-bit PC (AMD64) desktop image<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After you had downloaded the image to your machine, you can use an image flashing tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.balena.io\/etcher\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">balenaEtcher<\/a> to flash the iso image onto a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B002U213Y8\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=clivsperswebs-20&linkId=cb1a7b2723926ccfcbf7f1b04db850ba&language=en_US\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USB flash drive<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/balenaEtcher-screen-with-Ubuntu-19.04-desktop-image-as-image-to-flash-and-Sandisk-Cruzer-blade-as-destination-drive-to-flash-to.jpg\" alt=\"balenaEtcher screen with Ubuntu 19.04 desktop image as image to flash and Sandisk Cruzer blade as destination drive to flash to\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1645\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you had selected the image and drive to flash the Ubuntu image, click on <strong>Flash!<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/balenaEtcher-animation-for-flashing-Ubuntu-Desktop-19.04-onto-Sandisk-Cruzer-flash-drive.gif\" alt=\"balenaEtcher animation for flashing Ubuntu Desktop 19.04 onto Sandisk Cruzer flash drive\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1648\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Assembling the NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD and RAM modules to Odroid H2<\/h2>\n<p>Once you had successfully created your Ubuntu 19.04 bootable flash drive, you can proceed to assemble the NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD and RAM modules to Odroid H2.<\/p>\n<p>First, flip the Odroid H2 board with the PCIe and RAM slots facing you:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Odroid-H2-underside-with-no-SSD-or-RAM-attached.jpg\" alt=\"Odroid H2 underside with no SSD or RAM attached\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1649\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, slot the rams onto the Odroid H2 board:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trying-to-slot-one-ram-module-onto-Odroid-H2.jpg\" alt=\"Trying to slot one ram module onto Odroid H2\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1650\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Odroid-H2-with-one-RAM-module-slotted.jpg\" alt=\"Odroid H2 with one RAM module slotted\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1651\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trying-to-slot-second-RAM-module-onto-Odroid-H2.jpg\" alt=\"Trying to slot second RAM module onto Odroid H2\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1652\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you had slotted the two RAM modules, remove the screw for securing the SSD drive:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trying-to-remove-screw-for-securing-SSD-drive-on-Odroid-H2.jpg\" alt=\"Trying to remove screw for securing SSD drive on Odroid H2\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have removed the screw, slot the SSD drive in and secure it with the screw:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Trying-to-slot-the-SSD-drive-onto-the-Odroid-H2-board.jpg\" alt=\"Trying to slot the SSD drive onto the Odroid H2 board\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1655\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Odroid-H2-fitted-with-2-RAM-modules-and-1-SSD-drive-without-fastening-screw.jpg\" alt=\"Odroid H2 fitted with 2 RAM modules and 1 SSD drive without fastening screw\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1656\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fastening-SSD-drive-with-screw-on-Odroid-H2-board.jpg\" alt=\"Fastening SSD drive with screw on Odroid H2 board\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1657\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you had assembled the NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD and RAM modules to Odroid H2, you are ready to install Ubuntu 19.04 desktop.<\/p>\n<p>In order to do so, connect your Odroid H2 to a mouse, keyboard, monitor screen, power adapter and the USB bootable drive that you had created earlier:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Odroid-H2-board-connected-to-USB-hub-RJ45-cable-HDMI-cable-power-adapter-and-bootable-USB-Flash-drive.jpg\" alt=\"Odroid H2 board connected to USB hub, RJ45 cable, HDMI cable, power adapter and bootable USB Flash drive\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1658\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you had provided electricity your power adapter, press the power button (labeled <strong>O<\/strong> in the image below) to switch on Odroid H2.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Odroid-H2-board-details.jpg\" alt=\"Odroid H2 board details\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1659\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When your Odroid H2 boots for the first time, it will load the Grub loader with a few options. Select <strong>Install Ubuntu<\/strong> and press <strong>ENTER<\/strong> on your keyboard.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/monitor-screen-showing-grub-loader-of-Ubuntu-19.04-with-option-to-install-Ubuntu-being-highlighted.jpg\" alt=\"monitor screen showing grub loader of Ubuntu 19.04 with option to install Ubuntu being highlighted\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1660\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After you have done so, Odroid will load the Ubuntu 19.04 installation wizard. Follow the installation wizard to install Ubuntu 19.04 onto your Odroid H2.<\/p>\n<h2>Assembling the case to your Odroid H2 board<\/h2>\n<p>Once you had installed Ubuntu 19.04 onto your Odroid H2 board, you can assemble the case with the board.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on which case that you had bought, you can follow one of the following videos to assemble the case with the board:<\/p>\n<h3>Assembling Odroid H2 with Case Type 1<\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tjl00UK-6Kw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Assembling Odroid H2 with Case Type 2<\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aM51Oy3j3XQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Assembling Odroid H2 with Case Type 3<\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lHhsMTlJXxM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Assembling Odroid H2 with Case Type 4<\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7jQUgwzOKY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-setup-a-small-and-powerful-computer-with-Ubuntu-19.04-Desktop-and-Odroid-H2.jpg\" alt=\"How to setup a small and powerful computer with Ubuntu 19.04 Desktop and Odroid H2\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1668\" \/><\/p>\n\n      <ul id=\"social-sharing-buttons-list\">\n        <li class=\"facebook\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-qv\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"twitter\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-qv&via=Techcoil_com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter icon\"> Tweet\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"linkedin\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=1&title=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-qv&source=https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"Linkedin icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"pinterest\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techcoil.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1643&description=\" class=\"pin-it-button\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Pinterest.png\" alt=\"Pinterest icon\"> Save\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After implementing some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/easy-and-effective-ways-for-programmers-websites-to-earn-money\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">easy and effective ways to make money with my website<\/a>, I was able to earn some budget for a developer&#8217;s machine. <\/p>\n<p>So what is a single board computer that is small and powerful? <\/p>\n<p>After doing some research, I set my eyes on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Once I had received all the hardware components, I proceeded with setting up <a href=\"http:\/\/releases.ubuntu.com\/19.04\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu 19.04<\/a> Desktop on my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardkernel.com\/shop\/odroid-h2\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Odroid H2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you need a reference, this is how you can setup Ubuntu 19.04 Desktop on an Odroid H2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[671,670,673,674,423,438,224,672],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-setup-a-small-and-powerful-computer-with-Ubuntu-19.04-Desktop-and-Odroid-H2.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p245TQ-qv","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}