Homebrew [Release] Linux for the 3DS

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Linux 2.6.0 was released on 17 December 2003. Keep in mind Android uses Linux too and the latest Android devices already have something like Linux 5.X.
Thanks for the info Xerpi, I'll keep it in mind when I start projects one day.
Great stuff, this.
 

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It runs on top of the 3DS firmware like agb_firm and any other firm programs. You can boot it through GodMode9 and any other software that can boot firm files.
Thanks, now I know I can write Linux scripts on the go without needing to sacrifice a system to do it!
 
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When I try to boot it up, it says: "Starting network: ip: RTNETLINK answers: Operation not supported FAIL" and opens "bash-4.4" input box. How can I fix this?
 

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too bad apt or other package managers don't work, making this project interesting but fundamentally useless
 

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When I start up my 3DS in GodMode9 and choose firm_linux_loader, I get this. a.jpg The bottom screen is just a white screen with "arm9linuxfw by xerpi" in the top right.
 
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Just curious: What's really the point? What can I do with it? Could I play some Linux games? How advanced is this?
 
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I want to change the terminal size and font, as well as the keyboard and button inputs. The repo is absolutely massive and I'm completely lost. I have no idea where to look for these things.

I get that the developers are mostly working on driver stuff at the moment but I'm not experienced enough for that, and I'd like to try to help in this small way since I'd like to use my 3DS as a remote terminal sometime in the future when everything is working properly.
 

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I want to change the terminal size and font, as well as the keyboard and button inputs. The repo is absolutely massive and I'm completely lost. I have no idea where to look for these things.

I get that the developers are mostly working on driver stuff at the moment but I'm not experienced enough for that, and I'd like to try to help in this small way since I'd like to use my 3DS as a remote terminal sometime in the future when everything is working properly.

https://github.com/linux-3ds/linux/blob/master/drivers/platform/nintendo3ds/tsc/touch.c#L73

Not sure what that layout means exactly but if you think it's better we can give it a try, it gets annoying having to type commands like this sometimes.

Also you can contact us @ #3ds-linux on libera.chat
 
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