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Introduction

This will assist people who want to get started
libre sbc

installing image

First download the image
at time of writing
aml-s905x-cc-ubuntu-xenial-linux-libretech-4.13.3-g5bb7f41-2017-09-21.img.xz
it can be download from the main page under Computer image downloads

then extract the image
aml-s905x-cc-ubuntu-xenial-linux-libretech-4.13.3-g5bb7f41-2017-09-21.img

MAC and linux

Insert an sdcard into a suitable adaptor then insert into computer.

Open a command prompt at the location where the extracted file is located and type the following:

diskutil list

this will display a list of drives and partitions like this

#:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:     FDisk_partition_scheme                        *31.9 GB    disk3
   1:             Windows_FAT_32 NO NAME                 31.9 GB    disk3s1
more this way -->

take note of the disk under IDENTIFIER in this case it is 'disk3' it will vary on your system.

at the command prompt type:

diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk3

at the command prompt type:

sudo dd if=aml-s905x-cc-ubuntu-xenial-linux-libretech-4.13.3-g5bb7f41-2017-09-21.img of=/dev/disk3 bs=1M

this will transfer the image to the sdcard it takes some time about 5 minutes so be patient.

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

for those that want a GUI interface use etcher
https://etcher.io/

Windows

it would be a similar procedure to the mac linux version

Boot up

Remove the sdcard from adaptor and Insert it into libre computer and power it up.

Login

The default login credentials are as follows:
Username: libre
Password: computer