I documented my process. Please pay attention to the instructions, there are a couple of steps you may not want to do, like removing the lyra account or uninstalling the meshtastic software.
# Luckfox Ubuntu
Since I got my second PicoCalc, I have been using a Lucjfox Lyra in it. Originally I used the Hisptoot image. This image is a serious pain in the butt to get working the way I wanted it to work. It lacks just about everything I needed to have a usable hand terminal. Most software needed to be compiled from source and the image had a very lackluster set of tools to do that forcing me to use a couple of work a arounds. On top of that, I had to jailbreak it out of a command-launcher and that just anooyed me. A couple of weeks ago a new image was realsed by Markbliss, which solved all the issues I had with the first image. If you are going to use a Luckfox Lyra in a PicoCalc, the Ubuntu image is the way to go.
You can get the image for Ubuntu Image for a Luckfox Lyra, installed in a Pico Calc, here;
https://github.com/markbirss/ubuntu-24.04.2-picocalc
Username: lyra Password: luckfox
Unfortunately, this image does not come with much in the way of wifi drivers, the board does not even have wireless to begin with. This is a very solvable problem. These two items will allow you to provide both wireless and bluetooth to the device. This fits nicely inside the case and does not require and soldering.
[MX1.25 4Pin to USB Cable](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRD5792W?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title)
[TP-Link Nano](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJ7XJ27X?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1)
Once you have installed the cable and wifi dongle, you will need to compile and install the driver. In the lyra user folder, there is a wireless folder which contains what you need. First you will need to get the kernel headers and some sym links into the right place, is done by the following;
> cd /usr/src/linux-6.1.99
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