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2018-04-27
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/04/...intendo-switch
http://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/...it-1202784550/
The Nintendo Switch can run Linux quite well, though still in early stages of development. The Nvidia chip makes running linux on it quite easily. On top of being an excellent gaming system it can now be a portable computer and homebrew device. Plus the exploit used is hardware level which means every Nintendo Switch sold thus far can be hacked, fixing the exploit requires a hardware level fix. We should also get custom firmwares soon. The Nintendo Switch looks more tempting now.
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2018-04-27
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2018-04-27
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2018-04-27
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2018-04-27
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2018-04-27
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Given the compact form factor, it might work well with Sailfish on it. I will click 'Thanks!' on every post of whoever creates a fully working Sailfish port.
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2018-04-27
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Actually, I was l looking the other day and I discovered that there is support in mainline Linux for several major commercial games consoles:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...cast_defconfig
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...s/gamecube.dts
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...ot/dts/wii.dts
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux...ot/dts/ps3.dts
There's also a WIP Wii U port (not yet mainlined):
https://gitlab.com/linux-wiiu/linux-wiiu#wii-u-linux
This is quite impressive when you consider that these devices we're never built to run Linux in the first place (apart from the PS3). Compare that to Android devices which are based on Linux - how many of these have been mainlined? Armdroid really has become the new Wintel - the anti-Linux.
I'm not interested in proprietary OSs (or thanks) so I won't be doing a Sailfish port but I still have a few of these consoles lying around so a Maemo 7 port could be interesting, for publicity purposes if nothing else. Nexus 5 comes first though.
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2018-04-27
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http://variety.com/2018/gaming/news/...it-1202784550/
The Nintendo Switch can run Linux quite well, though still in early stages of development. The Nvidia chip makes running linux on it quite easily. On top of being an excellent gaming system it can now be a portable computer and homebrew device. Plus the exploit used is hardware level which means every Nintendo Switch sold thus far can be hacked, fixing the exploit requires a hardware level fix. We should also get custom firmwares soon. The Nintendo Switch looks more tempting now.