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Looking at the thumbnail, I'm assuming they're using the guts from a framework laptop: https://frame.work/linux
Of course, that doesn't say anything about the display or controls, but it's a solid maybe.
It is a framework mainboard. The display is almost certainly connected via displayport on one of the framework usb-c ports, so that should be fine, and I'm pretty sure they mention the game pads are Bluetooth. There should be no issues running Linux on this.
@thejevans @DoomBot5 crazy to think that popos and other Linux distributions don’t run on Framework
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They most likely do, and without any problems. They're just not *officially* supported; you can't ask for support if there's an issue.
They officially supported the two largest user distros. Beyond that, there are community supported distros. I can't imagine it would be too hard to get other supported ones on there if someone wanted to maintain it.
I would think so given that the mainboard runs well with Linux but I'm not about everything else
So I don't game a lot and I'm not sure what that car driving game is, but I noticed at ~1:30 his left thumb is moving all over the place and the car keeps driving in a straight line? It doesn't seem like any of his hand/finger movements match what's on the screen, am I crazy?
It looks like the rally game Dirt and can confirm that keeping the Ford Sierra Cosworth in a straight line can be a challenge!
and on dirt? that's pretty much impossible. That guy's good.
Yeah I think I agree. Honestly, owning a Framework 12 main board I was kind of shocked at how good the graphics were for this guy (it's just Intel integrated which suuucks, though to be fair I've barely tried gaming on my Framework). I'm wondering if he's just playing a video to show more proof-of-concept (not super dishonest, as Framework is going to soon release a Ryzen mainboard that is expected to have pretty reasonable graphics built in)
Yeah it doesn't make sense to me either but I also don't look at my thumbs when playing driving games.
Why wouldn't you?
This is a Linux circle jerking community, so naturally Windows bad.
Windows is bad for handheld gaming devices since it is not built to be used in such a way. There is a rumor that a handheld gaming version is on the way for Windows, but as of right now SteamOS is the only widely available mobile gaming OS available.
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Why wouldn't I what?