The Ubuntu MATE 15.04 version for Raspberry Pi 2 has been quite successful, and it seems to soon become the favorite OS for the small mini-PC after the official Raspbian OS.
The image is based on the regular Ubuntu armhf base and is optimized for the Raspberry Pi 2, one can comfortably use applications such as LibreOffice. Since, microSDHC I/O throughput is a bottleneck it is recommended to use a Class 10 microSDHC card for best performance.User needs a microSD card which is 4GB or greater to fit the image. The file system can be resized to occupy the unallocated space of the microSD card, similar to Raspbian.

The good news is the latest version of Ubuntu MATE v 15.10 is also coming to Raspberry Pi 2 and will be available for download on October 22, 2015.

The $35 Raspberry Pi Mini-PC originally aimed to be an affordable educational device to learn computing has started a whole new category of enthusiast using the mini-computer under various scenarios from smart electronic projects to desktop computer's and mini-servers.

The all new second generation Raspberry Pi 2 Model B has now available offering 6x more performance then it's predecessor, thanks to an all new 900MHz Quad-Core Armv7 SOC (Single Board Computer) Broadcom BCM2836 coupled with 1GB of RAM. Apart from the CPU and RAM everything remains the same from form factor to connectors like 4 USB ports, 40 GPIO pins, Full HDMI port, Ethernet port, Combined 3.5mm audio jack and composite video, Camera interface (CSI), Display interface (DSI), Micro SD card slot and VideoCore IV 3D graphics core - which means all the older accessories and software-code can be used with the new Pi.

To make the news even more sweeter, the new Raspberry Pi 2 Model B will cost the same US$35 and will also support an IoT (Internet Of Things) trimmed down version of Microsoft Windows 10. This release of Windows 10 will also be 100% free for the Maker community through the Windows Developer Program for IoT.