Lakka Switch, L4T edition
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I am proud to finally release the L4T version of Lakka Switch!
New kernel, new logo, new drivers, audio... everything is fresh and clean.

Did I mention Rayman 3 was full speed on Dolphin? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

General system updates

• New Linux kernel and underlying operating system, based on Linux4Tegra and Jetson Nano drivers
  • mainline kernel has been deprecated
  • system features should now be on par with the L4T Ubuntu distribution, except for dock support
  • Bluetooth was lost in the battle and needs some rest to come back stronger
• aarch64 is now the default and mainly supported architecture
  • arm has been deprecated since L4T doesn't support it
• New logo made with the help of jaames and the R:S community

New features and improvements

• Audio now works through the internal speakers and headphones
• The new GPU driver supports both Vulkan and OpenGL
• RAM is now locked at full speed (1600Mhz), was 800MHz before
• The system is now way more stable and should boot for everyone with a decent SD card (no more black screen of death)
• RetroArch has been updated to add menu widgets (fancy onscreen notifications)
• Overclock profiles have been updated :
  • Renamed all profiles
  • Added more overclock profiles
  • Added underclock profiles

New cores

• mupen64plus-next (N64 emulator)
  • The core is full speed, even on aarch64 thanks to the new dynarec
  • Includes the updated version of the GlideN renderer
• picodrive (various Sega consoles)
  • The core replaces Genesis Plus GX (Game Gear support has been dropped)
• Beetle PSX HW (PSX emulator with OpenGL and Vulkan renderer)
  • The core performs worse than PCSX ReARMed for now, even with Vulkan
• reicast (Dreamcast emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games, no visual glitches
  • The OIT renderer works (better accuracy), speed is still good on 1x resolution
  • The core needs the Dreamcast BIOS files to be placed in /lakka/storage/system/DC
  • WinCE games are currently not supported - there is a WinCE version of the reicast core in the works but the aarch64 dynarec is too slow for the games to be playable (for now)
• Yaba Sanshiro (Saturn emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games
  • Yabause and Kronos were also added but both perform worse than Yaba Sanshiro
• theodore (Thomson MO/TO emulator)

Updated cores

• Dolphin : Vulkan support
  • With Vulkan, Dolphin runs decently - some games are playable, some are full speed... see for yourself, try it and experiment with different games and settings!
• PCSX ReARMed : Switch optimizations and CHD support
• PPSSPP : doesn't crash anymore when closing content

Removed cores

• mupen64plus
• parallel-n64
• Genesis Plus GX
• Ishiiruka
  • It might come back once the core is updated with the (beta) Vulkan renderer

Credits

• Kernel and drivers work: NVIDIA, switchroot team (especially ByLaws and langerhans)
• Lakka Switch work: natinusala and plaidman
• RetroArch, original Lakka distribution: libretro team
• mupen64plus-next: Gillou and m4xw
• PCSX ReARMed: Switch optimizations by m4xw, CHD support by aliaspider
• Dolphin core: aliaspider
• reicast core: flyinghead

Download link

The Lakka Switch website has been updated with the new version: https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation/

Please note that you can't dual boot Ubuntu and Lakka Switch for now (it will always boot Ubuntu).

 

[EmulateLife]

So this works handheld only or docked too?

 

[designgears]

Reboot to payload would be awesome too

 

[Deleted User]

I thought lakka was dead
Then this appeared
Fire

 

[Joshifer34]

Dolphin is both. Let us know how TP works though, I'm not sure how Wii games would work handheld.

Thanks. I might just do the GC version instead of the wii.

 

[JonJaded]

natinusala was really playing Rayman all night.

What a mad lad. Thank you for everything.

 

[sirAnger]

So this works handheld only or docked too?

only handheld until bluetooth is fixed.

 

[Joshifer34]

I’m sorry another question. Website says needs hekate running fusee gelee all that.

I use SX OS. Will this work with that?

 

[pcwizard7]

Whats the reason why bluetooth doesn't work since it does in L4T ubuntu?

 

[EmulateLife]

I’m sorry another question. Website says needs hekate running fusee gelee all that.

I use SX OS. Will this work with that?

You have to boot into hekate for this to work. You can always boot back into SX OS later when you're not using this but you have to boot to hekate for this. Hekate is a different payload from SX OS but it doesn't mean you can't go back to SX OS when you're done. You're just booting payloads.

 

[kevandkkim]

Just want to let everyone know that I was having Issues running Wind Waker and to fix my crashes I just deleted the Lakka folder and recopy it back to SD card. It will delete your configs and saves so backup if you need to.

 

[x0x0]

Barely acceptable speed in main menu at NFSU1

 

[Deleted User]

nothing but blackscreen booting through crhekteke pc do i need atmosphere installed

 

[EmulateLife]

Sorry one more noob questions, roms have to go in storage/roms? (I don't know where that is) I was hoping I could just put them on my sd card and I could find the location with Retroarch, but that doesn't appear to be the case?

 

[wurstpistole]

Well fuck my face and call me Sally, audio?
I'd need to set up a seperare SD for this, right?

 

[Deleted User]

black screen have to hard reboot everytime please help

 

[ScarletDreamz]

Dolphin is both. Let us know how TP works though, I'm not sure how Wii games would work handheld.

Mario kart Double Dash runs fine on menus, when hitting a race, the choopy time appears [it does run though, but quite stressful]

Dreamcast runs The king of Fighters 2001 without an issue, so did Capcom Vs SNK 2.

 

[ploggy]

Yabausesanshiro doesn't boot any games for me, Failed to Load Content. The other Yabause Core works... but it's slow as ass

 

[GibboHull]

Does moonlight embedded have a libretro core yet? I haven't heard anything but then again I haven't checked for a long while.

Pretty much all I need on top of this to complete my Switch experience at this point.

EDIT: Great work by the way! Switch scene is by far the best around.

 

[jakkal]

this makes me want to finally go to FAT32 now

 

[EmulateLife]

Yabausesanshiro doesn't boot any games for me, Failed to Load Content. The other Yabause Core works... but it's slow as ass

Damn me too, only reason I wanted to use this. Does it need bios?