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> Fourth, they claim Ubuntu runs on it, but they took the typical Shenzhen approach of putting a modified binary on Mega -- in this case an Ubuntu ISO -- rather

> Fourth, they claim Ubuntu runs on it, but they took the typical Shenzhen approach of putting a modified binary on Mega -- in this case an Ubuntu ISO -- rather than upstreaming their changes or publishing source code. Well, that makes this a no-go for me. Thanks for the info, seriously! > No way in hell am I installing a binary download like that as my OS Um, if you run windows 10 and install drivers from them, then you're running binary crap. (not to mention windows 10 is binary crap, but I digress)

mmjaa 9y ago
Disregard the claim! I have a GPD Pocket and run Ubuntu on it, and it is freakin' awesome. Get the proper image - not the braindead one - from here: https://apt.nexus511.net https://apt.nexus511.net Its a mighty fine device, my favourite Linux machine ever .. and all of the issues discussed are no longer an issue thanks to the GPD Pocket/Ubuntu community. (Also see http://reddit.com/r/gpdpocket/ http://reddit.com/r/gpdpocket/ for more up to date news on this delightful machine..)
- sowbug 9y ago
  Thanks, I'll give it a look. Last time I looked at the subreddit, there were various people working on Ubuntu respins, but none of the projects looked like a frontrunner yet for a low-maintenance build.
  - mmjaa 9y ago
    nexus511's dist build is wonderful - no worries whatsoever!
monocasa 9y ago
There's this github project that shows you the changes made, and allows you to trivially create Ubuntu and Mint isos. https://github.com/stockmind/gpd-pocket-ubuntu-respin https://github.com/stockmind/gpd-pocket-ubuntu-respin
- sowbug 9y ago
  Cool, thanks. I got the impression when I was first looking for distros that this project did create an initial ISO from source, but after that you couldn't apt upgrade without things getting weird. Maybe I am misremembering or maybe it's improved since then.
  - monocasa 9y ago
    Yeah, it's definitely gotten better over the past few months.
sowbug 9y ago
> Um Yes, that's what I meant by "rooted" in the post you replied to.

mmjaa 9y ago

Disregard the claim! I have a GPD Pocket and run Ubuntu on it, and it is freakin' awesome. Get the proper image - not the braindead one - from here: https://apt.nexus511.net https://apt.nexus511.net Its a mighty fine device, my favourite Linux machine ever .. and all of the issues discussed are no longer an issue thanks to the GPD Pocket/Ubuntu community. (Also see http://reddit.com/r/gpdpocket/ http://reddit.com/r/gpdpocket/ for more up to date news on this delightful machine..)

sowbug 9y ago
Thanks, I'll give it a look. Last time I looked at the subreddit, there were various people working on Ubuntu respins, but none of the projects looked like a frontrunner yet for a low-maintenance build.
- mmjaa 9y ago
  nexus511's dist build is wonderful - no worries whatsoever!

monocasa 9y ago

There's this github project that shows you the changes made, and allows you to trivially create Ubuntu and Mint isos. https://github.com/stockmind/gpd-pocket-ubuntu-respin https://github.com/stockmind/gpd-pocket-ubuntu-respin

sowbug 9y ago
Cool, thanks. I got the impression when I was first looking for distros that this project did create an initial ISO from source, but after that you couldn't apt upgrade without things getting weird. Maybe I am misremembering or maybe it's improved since then.
- monocasa 9y ago
  Yeah, it's definitely gotten better over the past few months.

sowbug 9y ago

> Um Yes, that's what I meant by "rooted" in the post you replied to.