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The article seems to indicate that it doesn't have official images but a hacked together version and a future version will be released soon.
by KGIII 9y ago
The article seems to indicate that it doesn't have official images but a hacked together version and a future version will be released soon.
- ekianjo 9y agoNo, it's not true. There are official images released since a month ago or so. The diffs are even available on github. Proof: http://www.gpd.hk/news.asp?id=1519&selectclassid=002002 http://www.gpd.hk/news.asp?id=1519&selectclassid=002002 Don't take everything for granted. It's not because someone writes about something that they have researched the subject.
- mmjaa 9y agoPlus, the 'hacked together' version is really just normal Ubuntu with a kernel configuration tweaked specifically for the GPD Pocket, and .. it RUNS GREAT! So, don't worry Linux newbies, this really is a wonderful little pocket Linux workstation ..
- otabdeveloper1 9y ago> Plus, the 'hacked together' version is really just normal Ubuntu with a kernel configuration tweaked specifically for the GPD Pocket No. It's an unsupported code dump of patched kernel code: https://github.com/253647445/Pocket-Ubuntu-kernel https://github.com/253647445/Pocket-Ubuntu-kernel Needless to say, nobody is every going to merge or ever update this.
- mmjaa 9y agoYou're confusing terminology to make it all seem bad and nasty, but really its not: Ubuntu is there, it runs great. Use nexus511's kernel to boot it, get proper support for the GPD Pockets' devices. End of problem.
- KGIII 9y agoAh, nice. That's why I mentioned that the article indicated that. I'm actually in the market for a small device that runs Linux and is officially supported. I'm going to head back out on the road and I'm thinking that a smaller device that fits in a backpack would be nice and I generally avoid Windows. The price isn't too bad. If I lose it, I won't much care. That's a definite bonus. So, this will be on my list. Thanks for correcting the article. Edit: Just so I know, what criteria are you using for 'official?'
- ekianjo 9y agoMy criteria is officially provided and supported by the manufacturer.
- otabdeveloper1 9y agoA manufacturer's code dump with patches are not "official images". (If you've ever had a device with such so-called "support" then you already know that these images have critical show-stopping bugs and are unsupported and never updated.) It's only an "official image" if it comes from Ubuntu's website or from a kernerl compiled from sources from kernel.org.
- ekianjo 9y agoSo by your definition debian for raspberry pi is not official at all. Interesting concept.