You read the headline correctly, Linux can now actually be installed on the Nintendo Switch making it an even more interesting device.
The NVIDIA Tegra SoC used inside the Switch has a rather interesting bug, one that doesn't seem like it can be patched away allowing for any Linux enthusiast to load up Linux directly on their Switch. All current Switch units are vulnerable to the exploit, so Nintendo would need a new version of the Switch to stop this.
See for yourself below:
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Interested to learn more about it? There's a post on fail0verflow with more in-depth details. You can also find code and stuff on GitHub.
Fascinating stuff really, as an owner of a Switch it's not exactly something I will be doing (my son would never forgive me), but it's very cool to see nonetheless.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: RTherenThis has been a thing for a while :)As always, if it's new to us and we haven't posted it, we don't really care what date others picked it up :). As for "a while", less than a week?
at least not on steam... (and the steam client itself dont work on arm)
Quoting: elmapulits a shame we dont have any arm games to run on it.
at least not on steam... (and the steam client itself dont work on arm)
Well, technically you could, using LLVM. The only issue is that it likely would not be performant enough to matter.
Does hardware acceleration work?
I really wish a truly portable open-source devices/smartphones are exist or at least I can install Linux distros on any Android devices. Closest thing I have right now is Samsung Galaxy Note II running on LineageOS and without Goggle apps.
TheRiddick Apr 29, 2018
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