# SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop for Raspberry Pi 4? **URL:** \ **Category:** SLED Hardware\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-for-raspberry-pi-4/34866 "2020-03-13T17:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MartinB\_MHM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@MartinB\_MHM](https://forums.suse.com/u/MartinB_MHM)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-for-raspberry-pi-4/34866/1 "2020-03-13T17:33:37Z")
Hi! I see there is a version that works with the Raspberry Pi 3 so I’m wondering if a version for Raspberry Pi 4 is in the works since the image for Raspberry Pi 3 doesn’t seem to work – get no video when attempting to start up. Or is the version for Pi 3 supposed to work with Pi 4? ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-for-raspberry-pi-4/34866/2 "2020-03-14T00:35:47Z")
[QUOTE=MartinB\_MHM;59654]Hi! I see there is a version that works with the Raspberry Pi 3 so I’m wondering if a version for Raspberry Pi 4 is in the works since the image for Raspberry Pi 3 doesn’t seem to work – get no video when attempting to start up. Or is the version for Pi 3 supposed to work with Pi 4?[/QUOTE] Hi and welcome to the Forum AFAIK current releases won’t work on the RPi4, I only have RPi3’s here and are working with SLES 15 SP2 beta. If you join the beta perhaps more information is available? [https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/](https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/) [https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/](https://www.suse.com/betaprogram/sle-beta/) ---
**Author:** ![Andreas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Andreas1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Andreas1)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-for-raspberry-pi-4/34866/3 "2020-03-14T23:06:09Z")
Before you insert a sd card with SUSE Linux Enterprise in any Raspberry Pi you should check the hardware requirements information in the documents “Raspberry Pi Quick Start” and “Release Notes”: [https://documentation.suse.com/](https://documentation.suse.com/) I recommend as operating system for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B “Ubuntu Server” from Canonical: [https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi](https://ubuntu.com/download/raspberry-pi) [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi) SUSE Linux Enterprise use the official Linux Kernel from Linux Kernel Organization ([www.kernel.org](https://www.kernel.org)) for all ARM devices (with u-boot and GRUB) [https://www.suse.com/media/article/UEFI\_on\_Top\_of\_U-Boot.pdf](https://www.suse.com/media/article/UEFI_on_Top_of_U-Boot.pdf) Ubuntu Server use a modified Linux Kernel from Raspberry Pi Foundation for all Raspberry Pi images (with u-boot and direct kernel image loading). [https://github.com/lategoodbye/rpi-zero/issues/43](https://github.com/lategoodbye/rpi-zero/issues/43) As you can read from “Mister SUSE Linux Enterprise Beta” (Vincent Moutoussamy) in SUSE Blog: [https://www.suse.com/c/author/gameboy974/](https://www.suse.com/c/author/gameboy974/) SLE 15 SP2 will include the Linux 5.3 kernel. For USB ports usage on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B you need PCIe support from Linux kernel. You can except PCIe support for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B in Linux 5.6 kernel (=\> see table “Upstream status”): [https://github.com/lategoodbye/rpi-zero/issues/43](https://github.com/lategoodbye/rpi-zero/issues/43) Be aware that Canonical don’t support software packages with parts of the modified Linux Kernel from Raspberry Pi Foundation or firmware images: [CODE]# su # ubuntu-suport-status --show-unsupported =\> Unsupported: flash-kernel linux-firmware-raspi2 linux-headers-5.3.0-1018-raspi2 linux-headers-raspi2 linux-image-5.3.0-1018-raspi2 linux-image-raspi2 linux-modules-5.3.0-1018-raspi2 linux-raspi2 linux-raspi2-headers-5.3.0-1018 u-boot-rpi[/CODE] [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories) The usage of Raspberry Pi as a desktop replacement is (yet) not recommendable. There is still missing open and stable: - GPU support and - hardware accelerated video decoding support (H.264, H.265/HEVC) for the faster Raspberry Pi boards. [https://lb.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=249579](https://lb.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=249579) [https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/vc4-and-v3d-opengl-drivers-for-raspberry-pi-an-update/](https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/vc4-and-v3d-opengl-drivers-for-raspberry-pi-an-update/) =\> I wish “good luck” with GDM and GNOME3 without stable 3D hardware acceleration! Even the fastest Raspberry Pi boards have no hardware support for some important security features: - UEFI Secure Boot ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified\_Extensible\_Firmware\_Interface#Secure\_boot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface#Secure_boot)) - Hardware-based boot integrity protection (like Intel “Boot Guard” =\> [https://2016.zeronights.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Intel-BootGuard.pdf](https://2016.zeronights.ru/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Intel-BootGuard.pdf)) - hardware acceleration for AES encryption and decryption (like AES-NI =\> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES\_instruction\_set](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_instruction_set)) - no real-time clock (RTC) onboard or no RTC module available which fit in any good passive cooling case (like FLIRC Raspberry Pi 4 case =\> [https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2019/09/raspberry-pi-4-cases-temperature-and-cpu-throttling-under-load/](https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2019/09/raspberry-pi-4-cases-temperature-and-cpu-throttling-under-load/) and [https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2019/08/wifi-signal-strength-with-raspberry-pi-4-cases/](https://www.martinrowan.co.uk/2019/08/wifi-signal-strength-with-raspberry-pi-4-cases/)) - system and device firmware updates via UEFI Capsules ([https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI%20Fall%202018%20Intel%20UEFI%20Capsules.pdf](https://uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UEFI%20Fall%202018%20Intel%20UEFI%20Capsules.pdf)) ---
**Author:** ![smflood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/smflood/32/10576_2.png) [@smflood](https://forums.suse.com/u/smflood)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-for-raspberry-pi-4/34866/4 "2020-05-12T12:56:13Z")
[{“insert”:"SLES15 SP2 (currently in beta) will add support for Raspberry Pi 4. I don’t think SLED has ever been supported on a Pi though no reason you couldn’t add the GUI to SLES to make it SLED! HTH, Simon "}] ---
**Author:** ![Andreas1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Andreas1](https://forums.suse.com/u/Andreas1)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/suse-linux-enterprise-desktop-for-raspberry-pi-4/34866/5 "2020-05-12T17:12:23Z")
[{“insert”:"Yes. SLES15SP2 release notes and “Raspberry Pi Quck Start Guide” loss some words about Raspberry Pi 4 Modell B support. “},{“attributes”:{“link”:“https:\/\/www.suse.com\/releasenotes\/x86\_64\/SUSE-SLES\/15-SP2\/#aarch64”},“insert”:“https:\/\/www.suse.com\/releasenotes\/x86\_64\/SUSE-SLES\/15-SP2\/#aarch64”},{“insert”:” “},{“attributes”:{“link”:“https:\/\/susedoc.github.io\/doc-sle\/master\/html\/SLES-rpi-quick\/”},“insert”:“https:\/\/susedoc.github.io\/doc-sle\/master\/html\/SLES-rpi-quick\/”},{“insert”:” Sounds interesting! "}]