Project Setup
Ubuntu is a Linux distribution, a ready-to-use operating system that is built on top of the Linux kernel. For the project, we will be using Ubuntu 22.04.3 (Codenamed Jammy Jellyfish) as our main OS, for many reasons:
- ROS2 is a library practically built to be compatible with Ubuntu.
- Ubuntu is the most common choice when it comes to messing around with the flight stack.
- Linux distros (distributions) are open source, meaning they can be used by anyone and are open to modifications, with excellent support.
For Macs, we will be using a virtual machine. A virtual machine takes storage on the disk and dedicates it to installing Ubuntu. The emulator we will be using is called UTM, which can be downloaded from this link.
Once downloaded, we want to ideally virtualize the OS (virtualize because we will use the same architecture image), so download the live server ubuntu jammy arm64 here.
once the .iso file is downloaded, open UTM, and click on "Add virtual machine" -> "virtualization" -> "Linux".
In the boot iso image section, search and insert the .iso file you just downloaded. Then, select an amount of memory and storage you want to allocate to the virtual machine. I have 8GB memory andd 32GiB storage. Then, click continue until you arrive at the summary section, where you can name your VM.
Once that is done, click save. The virtual machine should appear on your left. click on the start button, and wait. You will see what is called the GRUB boot menu. Select the "Try or install Ubuntu".