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-text
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-text
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/the-linux-coders-turning-the-rog-ally-and-other-handhelds-into-steam-deck-clones/
minus-squareDax87@forum.stellarcastle.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-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-squareentropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere are firmware fixes and such that need to be implemented, so yes, coders.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI bet some of the things in the Ally need new drivers that aren’t in the Kernel yet.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down3·1 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.
Coders? Isn’t all that it takes is to load holoiso into a flash drive and install it on the ally?
There are firmware fixes and such that need to be implemented, so yes, coders.
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.