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AtomHeartFather@ka.tet42.org to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

The Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clones

arstechnica.com

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The Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clones

arstechnica.com

AtomHeartFather@ka.tet42.org to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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It's not an easy process, but it's getting close to a nearly full SteamOS feel.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/the-linux-coders-turning-the-rog-ally-and-other-handhelds-into-steam-deck-clones/

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  • Dax87@forum.stellarcastle.net
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    Coders? Isn’t all that it takes is to load holoiso into a flash drive and install it on the ally?

    • Batbro
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      3 years ago

      hackerman

    • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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      There are firmware fixes and such that need to be implemented, so yes, coders.

    • Björn Tantau@feddit.de
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      I bet some of the things in the Ally need new drivers that aren’t in the Kernel yet.

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      Yup, as a software dev myself, I doubt anyone is really putting any development effort into it. Maybe a little config to map the controller properly or something, but it’s close enough hardware-wise that there really shouldn’t be much work involved.

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    TLDR;

    Handheld PC is a PC so you can install Linux aka HoloOS and it works as we’d expect.

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