Orange Pi Neo is new handheld powered by AMD and comes preinstalled with Manjaro : linux

[-] UnaSolaEstrellaLibre@lemmy.world 92 points 9 months ago

...Why Manjaro?

[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 70 points 9 months ago

Manjaro has been bizarrely good at getting hardware partners on board. Pine64 (think pinephone, pinetab, SBCs), MinisForum, Slimbook, Tuxedo, etc.

If only they were properly run in other areas.

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[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 22 points 9 months ago

Lower everyone's expectations so that when it performs better than expected it can be racked up as a win?

[-] Namstel@lemmy.one 12 points 9 months ago

Honest question: why not?

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 49 points 9 months ago

https://github.com/arindas/manjarno

[-] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

Letting their SSL certificates expire that many times is definitely a no-go for me

[-] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 16 points 9 months ago

just set your clock back!

[-] drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 9 months ago

Manjaro constantly winds up having really weird issues, they hold packages back in order to make it more stable, but it honestly just broke things far more often then upstream arch did for me. Manjaro and it's community is also riddled with really weird issues. It was pointed out to me a while ago that manjaro did some updates that broke grub customizer, and when people were trying to figure out what broke and how to fix it, Manjaro instead not only removed grub customizer, but made it conflict with the grub they had so people working on trying to fix it got a shovel full of go fuckyourself in the face

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[-] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 69 points 9 months ago

I'm glad steam deck propelled a new wave of handheld consoles that actually has decent specs

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

I even saw an article yesterday indicating Sony is developing something as well. 2 years away, but still, I never thought they were going to try again after the psp and Vita failure (failure is subjective, I still love my psp). I fully believe the success of the steam deck has revived there interest in it as well.

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Is this something new? 'Cause they had that remote-play screen for the PS5 a while back that seemed to come and go without anyone noticing.

[-] hersh@literature.cafe 5 points 9 months ago

Because it's not the same class of device. The PS Portal is very niche. It's a $200 device that basically just runs the PS Remote Play app.

I've used PS Remote Play on my phone and laptop, and it's just not good in the cases I actually want to use it: when traveling away from home. Even with a good Internet connection it's only "okay". It's utterly useless when in transit (trains, places, etc.), and 99% useless in any public place (e.g. cafe or library WiFi).

These are all cases where the Switch, Deck, and similar devices excel. The PS Portal addresses a much smaller market.

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Not referring to the portal, I still have no idea why it exists. This is a recent leak of a new handheld.

https://insider-gaming.com/sony-new-playstation-handheld-console-development/

[-] cryptiod137@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

There's the Playstation Portal, which only streams games from a PS5, and does a worse job than a Steam Deck... Which probably explains why so few people care.

[-] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Not referring to the portal, I still have no idea why it exists. This is a recent leak of a new handheld.

https://insider-gaming.com/sony-new-playstation-handheld-console-development/

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[-] Jode@midwest.social 6 points 9 months ago

Yeah hopefully we can get something decent in the 300 dollar range. I haven't looked too much into these but they all seem to be 6-800.

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[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 9 months ago

I mean, Orange Pi never made the SoCs to begin with, so it could well be they're designing the SBC and just using an AMD laptop chip for this one

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[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 32 points 9 months ago

I welcome more linux based handhelds to the space but I'll stick with the steam deck myself. At least I know that will be supported for a long time.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 29 points 9 months ago

Why Mandingo and not SteamOS?

[-] aodhsishaj@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

That is a VERY Freudian slip

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

The auto correct just prefers words you use a lot on that keyboard

[-] Urist@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

Computer-assisted Freudian slip then.

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[-] Scio@kbin.social 20 points 9 months ago

I want this to be a thing so much...

But I cannot overlook the fact that this "website" is composed entirely of images and none of the text is properly aligned.

[-] reddthat@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago

It's properly aligned with the joysticks

😢

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[-] TheYang@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

Did I miss the cost?

[-] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 17 points 9 months ago

They never say it on these articles and videos. They'll say it's cheap and then the price will be $1000

[-] tjhart85@kbin.social 18 points 9 months ago

Right‽ The brand new Steam Deck Killer! Better in every way, except it costs 3x as much and weighs more because it's got a giant battery (or conversely the battery life sucks).

Like, no shit you can make something more powerful, finding the happy medium of performance to battery life and then making it cost effective AND actually portable are the most difficult parts of what Steam did and those are the things the competitors just seem to completely ignore.

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[-] vividspecter@lemm.ee 14 points 9 months ago

Finally a competitor that has Linux and uses trackpads.

[-] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Too bad they didn’t use a layout similar as the Steam deck. It’s the best layout for a handheld with trackpads. These trackpads are really far down.

[-] deepfriedchril@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Even the steam deck's touch pads could be moved up more imo however, these look to be pretty much unusable.

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[-] jeze3D@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago

Manjaro... yeaaaah...well just make sure to stay away from the AUR.

[-] Scio@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

I'm sure it'll get a Bazzite port within weeks.

[-] quarterlife@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Funny enough we just finished our website yesterday lmao

[-] Scio@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Great! Bazzite.gg will point to it soon then? It still redirected to the GitHub for me.

Edit: cached result! The new site loaded on my phone! Very swish :)

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[-] sunred@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Apparently it is a real device and not fake or a scam like some were suggesting. It is currently being featured at Fosdem at the KDE booth even and it seems to be featuring the SteamOS interface but seemingly on a Manjaro based os.
I assume this means they have taken the HoloISO bits like the gamescope session and interface but rebased it on Manjaro but it could also just mean they forked and rebranded it as Manjaro (and possibly delay updates for two whole weeks in the name of stability).

It's the first linux first handheld device next to the Steam Deck and even comes with two touchpads that look strikingly similar to the Deck ones but never would I have imagined it being featured by Manjaro. The specs look impressive though the design reminds me of the early Steam Deck prototypes Valve showed once that equally featured a glossy finish.
Let's see whether it earns another entry on the list of Manjaro fuckups.

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[-] merthyr1831@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Linux preinstalled

two touchpads

7840HS

aw yeah, its gamer time

Manjaro is weird but I wonder if they'll make it some kind of Manjaro spin? IMO I'd be interested to have Bazzite or something similar on it

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[-] anarchyrabbit@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I understand the issues with Manjaro. But I am super excited with handhelds making a major come back. I think the next couple of years we are going to see major breakthroughs. Battery life is currently a big issue but this should be solved with more RND.

I currently play on Switch but I am getting very tempted to cross over to another device. But I will wait to see what Nintendo does next before I decide. A buddy of mine has the Asus ROG Ally which is also pretty impressive on its own.

[-] Scolding7300@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

What's the GPU?

[-] vikingtons@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Likely 780M

[-] comrade19@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Similar numbers to the z1 extreme but on lighter software. It could be a good balance. I remember travelling through Europe with a gaming laptop and an Android tablet. The efficiency of that tablet had me using it for games and browsing so much more. Anyway, this could be gaming performance and clos to Android/arm efficiency (vs the windows handhelds)

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Does it use free software drivers and firmware?

[-] Unyieldingly@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

AMD's CPU and GPU firmware is non-free.

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