Raspberry PI: Installing OS with a linux pc/laptop (ubuntu)

 If you want to run a raspberry pi and you are wondering how to install the os onto the sd card please try this:

https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-your-raspberry-pi#1-overview

What is the benefit of this way?

Ubuntu provides on page 2 a package for the rpi-imager:

• Raspberry Pi Imager for Ubuntu
• Raspberry Pi Imager for Windows
• Raspberry Pi Imager for macOS

and with this tool (will be started with rpi-imager on the cli), you will get this:

 As you can see: you can choose of many different OS and the imager will do the download and the installation for you including resizing the partition to the complete sd card...

And of course you can select your own image (e.g. in *xz format) from your disk...

After the installation it will be verified and you can start your raspberry pi...