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NUC Basics

So you just got a NUC! Lucky you! This document collects what I learned when I setup my Intel NUC with Ubuntu.

What will I need?

In addition to the NUC itself, I recommend getting the following hardware:

  • A USB drive (2GB or larger)
  • A USB keyboard and mouse.
  • A monitor to connect to, with the appropriate cable. I am connecting one monitor to a laptop and the NUC, so I decided to get an HDMI<->DisplayPort cable for the NUC so I can have both devices connected to a single monitor.

Steps to NUC-ness

These steps assume that you have access to another computer to create the Ubuntu bootable USB stick.

First, create your bootable Ubuntu USB stick. Ubuntu has tutorials on how to do this for MacOS and Windows

Now let's connect everything to the NUC:

  • Connect the monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the NUC. Turn the monitor on.
  • Plug the USB stick into the NUC
  • Connect the power cable to the NUC, and turn on the NUC.

The NUC will boot off of the Ubuntu image so you can now install Ubuntu! Hooray! 🎉

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