Ubuntu MATE 18.04.2 LTS and 19.04 Beta available for GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2 computers

Ubuntu Mate leader Martin Wimpress today announced the general availability of Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 LTS Bionic Beaver and Ubuntu 19.04 Beta Disco Dingo for GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2 computers.

Coming six months after the release of Ubuntu Mate 18.10 Cosmic Cuttlefish for GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2, the development team leader today released the Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 LTS Bionic Beaver and Ubuntu 19.04 Beta Disco Dingo images thanks to the recent implementation. hardware activation (HWE).

"In October 2018, the team released the Ubuntu MATE 18.10 images for the GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2 that included specific hardware-based changes. Today we released images of Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 LTS Bionic Beaver and Ubuntu 19.04 Beta Disco Dingo for both devices”Mentions Wimpress.

This is what's new in Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 LTS Bionic Beaver and Ubuntu 19.04 Beta Disco Dingo

As expected, the release of Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 LTS Bionic Beaver and Ubuntu 19.04 Beta Disco Dingo images for GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2 mini devices brings many improvements and new features. Including the activation of TearFree rendering technology and a usable GRUB for both models.

Touch support has been updated for both Wayland and X.Org graphics technologies, as well as support for xorg-video-intel graphics drivers and modesetting for X.Org.

You can download the Ubuntu Mate 18.04.2 LTS Bionic Beaver and Ubuntu 19.04 Beta Disco Dingo images for GPD Pocket and GPD Pocket 2 computers from the official page.


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