AtomHeartFather@ka.tet42.org to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clonesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkThe Linux coders turning the ROG Ally and other handhelds into Steam Deck clonesarstechnica.comAtomHeartFather@ka.tet42.org to Linux Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareDax87@forum.stellarcastle.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·1 year 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-up3·1 year agoI bet some of the things in the Ally need new drivers that aren’t in the Kernel yet.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·1 year 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.
minus-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere are firmware fixes and such that need to be implemented, so yes, coders.
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.
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.
There are firmware fixes and such that need to be implemented, so yes, coders.