--- title: Ubuntu ARM Port description: 'We are excited about working with ARM, ARM’s partners and the wider community on delivering a port of Ubuntu to ARM. Today we announced support for the armel architecture which is now also supported through Launchpad, Canonical’s collaboration tool at https://launchpad.net/ Some points to note: Ubuntu will target the new ARM EABI For now, […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-mobile-and-the-arm-port?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 13 November 2008 # Ubuntu ARM Port [ARM](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/arm) --- Share the article We are excited about working with ARM, ARM’s partners and the wider community on delivering a port of Ubuntu to ARM. Today we announced support for the armel architecture which is now also supported through Launchpad, Canonical’s collaboration tool at Some points to note: * Ubuntu will target the new ARM EABI * For now, builds will expect a minimum of an ARMv5 instruction set * Ubuntu will target ARM  with VFP (Vector Floating Point). * We will continue to work with vendors to provide hardware drivers for various ARM-based devices * Ubuntu will likely have a different set of kernels than Debian (although the specific set is still under discussion) The deployment of Ubuntu to the ARM architecture is strongly supported by ARM Ltd., and may be expected to have wide hardware support from ARM Partners and the Ubuntu community.  This is a very exciting opportunity to work with a wholly new architecture set for Ubuntu and we hope will also attract a new and different set of developers from the ARM world to the project as well as providing new challenges for the existing ones. It has always been part of Canonical’s strategy to support as wide a set of hardware platforms as possible to bring the Ubuntu project to as many users as we can. Working with ARM is a great opportunity to do just that. David Mandala – Engineering Manger [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro on Azure Cobalt 200 VMs](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-azure-cobalt-200-vms) Microsoft has announced the preview of Azure Cobalt 200, its second-generation custom Arm silicon. Learn how Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro support these new VMs from day one, offering... [Jehudi](https://canonical.com/blog/author/jota-ce) 2 June 2026 [### Canonical announces optimized Ubuntu images for Google Cloud’s Axion N4A Virtual Machines](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-announces-optimized-ubuntu-images-for-google-clouds-axion-n4a-virtual-machines) Today Canonical, the publishers of Ubuntu, and Google Cloud announced the immediate availability of optimized Ubuntu images for the new Axion-based N4A virtual machines (VMs)... [Hugo Huang](https://canonical.com/blog/author/hugohuangtao) 10 November 2025 [### Certification as a strategy: How Ubuntu & SystemReady boost hardware competitiveness](https://canonical.com/blog/certification-as-a-strategy-how-ubuntu-systemready-boost-hardware-competitiveness) Canonical and MediaTek enhance reliability, accelerate market entry and reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for ODMs through Ubuntu Certified Hardware and Arm SystemReady... [Youssef Eltoukhy](https://canonical.com/blog/author/usf197) 4 March 2025 [### Bringing 12-year LTS to 32-bit Arm processors as CRA comes into force](https://canonical.com/blog/lts-cra-arm) With the release of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) and Ubuntu Core 24, Canonical introduced a 12-year Long Term Support commitment for 32-bit Arm® processors, addressing the... [Gabriel Aguiar Noury](https://canonical.com/blog/author/g-aguiar-noury) 20 January 2025