Current version: 5.1.2 based on Ubuntu Jammy 22.04 LTS
Disclamer: This is BETA SOFTWARE. You may run into issues (that you can report in the Discord Server) and you might possibly need to install from a fresh image in the future.
Note: hekate 6.0.6 or newer should be used for this release.
If you need help you can ask in our Discord Server under #jammy-support
You should also take a look at our FAQ and Common Issues which may already answer to some of your questions
The important part of the guide is the Installation section.
You can skip the rest if you don't want extra information about the project.
¶ Prerequisites
- hekate 6.0.6 or newer
- A 16GB SD Card MINIMUM (Recommended: 128GB and up U3 or U3/A2 class, see SD Card Guide for more details)
- A computer (for backing up and extracting the installation files)
¶ Installation
- Download the latest version of the L4T Ubuntu Jammy (Beta) Image directly or via torrent from here.
- Backup your SD Card:
- Backup normal files from FAT32 (this also backs up emuMMC if file based)
- If emuMMC raw partition exists, go to
hekate->Tools->Backup eMMC.
Tap onSD emuMMC RAW Partitionbutton and back it up (emuMMC BOOT0/1 and emuMMC Raw GPP) - If android exists, do a TWRP backup
Suggestion: Use hekate UMS (hekate->Tools->USB Tools) with a USB-C cable connecting your switch and PC to mount your SD card and transfer files instead of swapping your card from Switch to PC.
- WARNING: This following will wipe everything on your SD card.
Partition your SD card inhekate->Tools->Partition SD Cardleave at least 6GB for FAT32 for installation files downloaded in step 1 AND recreate any partition that may have backed up.
4. From your PC, extract the 7z to your SD FAT32 partition. Suggestion: Use hekate UMS (hekate -> Tools -> USB Tools) with a USB-C cable connecting your switch and PC to mount your SD card instead of swapping your card from Switch to PC.
5. In Hekate, go to Tools -> Partition SD Card -> Flash Linux.
6. Go to hekate -> Nyx Options -> Dump Joy-Con BT to dump Joycon pairing data, with both Joycon connected to console, after they were paired in hos first.
This must be run even if a Switch Lite is used, since it dumps the calibration data.
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Now you can boot L4T Ubuntu Jammy.
Make sure any existing online updates are done viaSoftware Updater,Software(formerly known as Gnome Software Center), oraptcommand. -
After making sure everything is fine, you can now restore your backed up files
- Copy your normal files to FAT32
- For emuMMC use Hekate to restore your backup
hekate->Tools->Restore eMMC - For Android, copy your TWRP backup to your FAT32 partition then follow the steps and 4 of our android BUT instead of installing "Lineage zip, followed by your GApps zip" at step 4.g restore your backup in TWRP
¶ Next Steps
- Read about our Supported Features
- Flatpak support out of the box in Software (Gnome Software Center)
- JoyCon Mouse/Keyboard mapping
- Pairing Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
- CPU/GPU Overclocking
- RAM Overclocking
- L4T-Megascript
- Available in your apps list
You can get or build various essential stuff, apps or emulators with a single click. All configured and optimized for Switch.
- Available in your apps list
¶ Missing Features
These features are currently missing in comparison to L4T Ubuntu 18.04 and may be available in future releases.
- No CUDA compiler support (CUDA runtime 10.0 is preinstalled and supported)
- No GSTREAMER HW Decode or Encode (FFMPEG based players like MPV, SMPLAYER, and VLC have hardware acceleration and suitable players are installed by default)
¶ Credits
theofficialgman (ubuntu jammy distro maintainer, L4T-Megascript)
CTCaer (kernel/bootloader, ubuntu bionic distro maintainer, NVENC/NVDEC),
Gavin_Darkglider (lakka distro maintainer),
Azkali (fedora distro maintainer),
Ave (repo management and host),
DanielOgorchock(Switch controller drivers/joycond),
Bylaws,
Langerhans,
Natinusala,
stary2001 (reboot2payload),
NVIDIA (Tegra BSP),
cobalt2727 (L4T-Megascript),
Everyone else in switchroot