For those who do not know because they have just joined the Ubuntu world or for any other reason, Ubuntu MATE it is nothing more than an original Ubuntu with all the new functions that are added every 6 months. It offers good performance in less powerful equipment, so much so that there are even a version for the Raspberry Pi. Yesterday, Martin Wimpress ad another, let's say, "special" version of your operating system is that the GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2 will also be supported.
The GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2As the name suggests, they are "pocket" computers with special hardware. And here is the problem if what we want is to use a standard version of an operating system: it would not work correctly. Ubuntu MATE 18.04.2 and Ubuntu MATE 19.04 have been modified to add minor changes in hardware support so that it works on these devices as soon as they are installed.
Ubuntu MATE is also compatible with GPD Pocket
It was in October that the Wimpress team discussed this possibility, mentioning that they would have to modify the operating system to make it work. Now, as promised, these two operating systems are already available for these minicomputers, but you have to remember that Ubuntu MATE 19.04 is still in beta. Among the changes necessary for this system to work well in GPD Pockets we have a special GRUB, the default activation of the TearFree rendering, the track scrolling has been activated and the gesture of keeping the right button pressed and touching the rotation has been updated. screen for Wayland and X.Org Server.
Personally, I think that the Martin Wimpress operating system always has to be taken into account. I used it on my 10.1 ″ laptop and I got a very good impression. Probably other versions of Linux can be installed to these GPD Pocket, but from my experience I think Ubuntu MATE will suit you like a glove. What do you think?
If you have a GPD Pocket and you want to install this version of Ubuntu MATE, you can download it from here.