Neat idea, except that it doesn't actually run Linux and most likely never will.
There are some ad-hoc patches made by an anonymous dude on the Internet.
Good luck ever running some other distribution or another kernel version.
(Needless to say, these patches will never be merged into mainline kernels and when the said dude gets bored they will, of course, be abandoned.)
Proof: 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.
No. It's an unsupported code dump of patched kernel code: https://github.com/253647445/Pocket-Ubuntu-kernel
Needless to say, nobody is every going to merge or ever update this.
End of problem.
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?'
It's only an "official image" if it comes from Ubuntu's website or from a kernerl compiled from sources from kernel.org.
The only annoying thing is editing some config as the screen is natively a portrait (it is a tablet part).