Interesting, it’s running and immutable system so the core system would reset after a reboot. I’m using the KDE Manjaro and have been happy with it. A lot of software is available through Flatpack, so this would be a nice portable system.
It’s basically what the Steam Deck does, and for a gaming device it makes a lot of sense. The vast majority of games will probably be installed to the user’s home folder anyhow…
It might be that some games require additional libraries that don’t come with the immutable base OS, but you can always install them in a custom folder (like, the game’s install dir), or just install Steam and use the Steam Runtime for everything.
And, as you said, a lot of open source tools and games (DosBox for instance) are available as Flatpaks too.
This is a good looking piece of hardware, but i hope they keep the price low. That’s the biggest thing that these sorts of systems have going for them is making a desktop ecosystem affordable, and if this is expensive I fear it’ll be fighting an uphill battle against the steamdeck bc it seems most steamdeck competitors tout their windows compatability as an upside, and as far as most consumers are concerned that’s true
Either way, if this is good (and I can afford it when it hits the market), this might be the handheld pc i pick up. Great looking chassis, good feature suite, hall effect sticks out of the gate, and it helps get me back to tinkering with linux more. Seems like a win all around
Oh wow, a Steam Deck rival/imitator that’s actually listened to Valve’s suggestions on how to make it work, i.e. touchpads, Linux, etc. I will follow its career with great interest!
I wonder that too. What do these things normally go for? High hundreds to just over a thousand? I wonder if you were to install HoloISO if all the hardware features would still work properly.
The price ranges can truly vary pretty wildly, but based on the specs listed and the size I’d wager $499 barebones (16GB RAM, 512GB SSD) to maybe $650 for the maxed-out version (32GB RAM, 2TB SSD).
Naming is strange and inconvenient, as there is a prominent raspi singe board competitor named the Orange pi and these 2 projects look to be unrelated.
The handheld actually does seem to be made by Orange Pi, their logo is on it. It is very strange that Manjaro were the one announcing this and not Orange Pi themselves though. Not sure what’s up with that.
neo.manjaro.org
Gorące