I feel like the Linux Handhelds made by GPH in the 2000s are a nowadays almost forgotten piece of history, even though they were in some ways the predecessor to today’s Steam Deck. So I wanted to create a bit of an appreciation post for this chapter in Linux Gaming history. Did any of you use a GP2X back in the day as well? For me, it wasn’t just my introduction to Linux gaming, but also game development, as I programmed my first games for it using GLBasic. It was a fantastic machine for emulation as well, got introduced to many old games from the 80s and 90s through it.
Another early Linux retro gaming handheld that came way before the current boom of handhelds was the Dingoo (2009).
Dingux, the custom Linux build made for it, was the origin of most of the work that later appeared on thw Bittboy, LDK and PocketGo, which in turn created the success behind companies like Anbernic.
Still have mine kicking around some place. For the time it was by far the best bang for your buck retro handheld.
The thing rocked