I'm a bit outdated and I'm sitting on a unused SX OS license.
Atmosphere can install NSP files, but not mount/run XCI files, so you'd have to install titles onto the (emu)NAND exclusively or can you install titles to the SD card as well?
XCI is arguably safer to use though.
In regard to emuNAND, Thermosphere (Atmosphere emuNAND) can only be used for the Atmosphere CFW, correct?
Not with SX OS, or any other CFW like that.
The Thermosphere emuNAND makes zero changes to the System NAND, unlike SX emuNAND which changes a couple of bits in a unused space, or is this no longer the case?
Is it considered safer to use Thermosphere emuNAND and switch back to OFW to play online, than using SX emuNAND and switch back to OFW for online gaming?
(OFW is booting without RCM at all, and updating OFW if needed)
Pros of Atmosphere is faster FW update patches if necessary, but there are yet to be titles that would require the new FW to boot before things get settled on the SX OS side.
Cons of Atmosphere is no XCI support, having to install games, and no USB storage.
Am I correct in these things so far?
One last question I'd have then is this.
What is the safest way to go online with OFW, while starting/installing titles with a CFW which stays offline. (Which runs from EmuNAND, not modifying logs or the such on System NAND)
Or is the only real safe solution to have physically a dual eMMC setup? One for CFW stuff. (Even if using their corresponding "EmuNAND" solutions.) And one for OFW stuff.
This post was longer than expected, but I'm playing catch up here, thanks in advance guys!