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[–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 61 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The great thing about manjaro is, that when it finally bricks itself you can install a proper distro on it. https://github.com/arindas/manjarno

[–] kurcatovium@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even better is you don't even need to wait those three days. You can replace it straight away! :-)

[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] lauha@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Helix@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Hermokuolio@mastodontti.fi 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

let people use what they want. If they want to use Manjarno and reset their clocks because of expired certificates every other year, so be it. But don't be elitist about it. Same goes for the usage of the puke emoji.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 23 points 2 years ago

Manjarno isn't even a good choice for desktops though

[–] kib48@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why a desktop distro like Manjaro and not something like Bazzite that's actually made for gaming handhelds?

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

Just put bazzite on it, that would be my first step

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago

Available in only black and white colors.

Unusable and not fit for purpose. There needs to be an orange color as an option in order for this product to make any sense whatsoever.

[–] rotopenguin 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So they called it an "Orange Pi", but it is not an ARM SBC.

That's an interesting choice.

[–] gdelopata@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Is that a collab I wonder... Logo looks similar

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

They have a platform at least? Some day they may release one. The main problem with arm gaming is that you could also do it on a phone+controllers.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

This seems like a scam.

The website is image-only.
Not having any selectable text is super sketchy.

It uses "Orange Pi" but isn't running on an Orange Pi.

If you go to the real manjaro website: https://manjaro.org/ and search for "neo", this doesn't come up:
https://manjaro.org/search/?query=neo
...or orange pi
https://manjaro.org/search/?query=orange+pi

Edit: People are saying that is it real. If it is, they really need to make it seem less sketchy.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They literally had an event lol.

[–] ULS@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

That event was just a Gif.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Which is fine and all, but they need to make it seem less sketchy.

There have been handheld gaming devices scams that have had events before, using either the one working prototype, or someone else's device with a difference housing.

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cool, the more Linux-based handhelds, the better! I would prefer a handheld with RK3588S, but this one is interesting too.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The AMD apu is far superior but also far more expensive. Their gpu is just unbeatable. Also software support is guaranteed on x86.

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, but I usually run emulators and open source ports, so with an ARM I would have more battery life.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No you wouldn't. The Rockchips are far less efficient than AMD's modern X86 stuff.

AMD's new stuff is on par with the M1 in efficiency.

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Even despite they require active cooling? Didn't know, cool! Now the only downside is size.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

I don't know if he's correct on low power use cases, but the cooling is way more about the high power use cases.

The steam deck can chew through it's battery in ~2 hours or last something in the neighborhood of 8-10 depending what you run on it.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 2 years ago

Guess I was wrong, when I surmised in the other thread that it's just a Manjaro image.

[–] Ascend910@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago

The last line completely detered me

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago
[–] Corgana@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

7840U is a beast. That's what Framework puts in their high-end AMD laptop.