AtomHeartFather@ka.tet42.org to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoThe Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clonesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkThe Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clonesarstechnica.comAtomHeartFather@ka.tet42.org to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareDax87@forum.stellarcastle.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·2 years agoCoders? Isn’t all that it takes is to load holoiso into a flash drive and install it on the ally?
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI bet some of the things in the Ally need new drivers that aren’t in the Kernel yet.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThere are firmware fixes and such that need to be implemented, so yes, coders.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·2 years agoYup, 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.
Coders? Isn’t all that it takes is to load holoiso into a flash drive and install it on the ally?
I bet some of the things in the Ally need new drivers that aren’t in the Kernel yet.
There are firmware fixes and such that need to be implemented, so yes, coders.
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.