Hacking So... Why is Linux on Switch exciting?

[bakedbeans]

It still makes a difference wether it is the whole driver including the Firmware or just the firmware which is closed.

 

[blinkzane]

That's easy for you to say for someone with programming experience.

you can pretty much google how to do it tbh. No programming experience, linux is just easy to code and memorize

 

[Futurdreamz]

you can pretty much google how to do it tbh. No programming experience, linux is just easy to code and memorize

There's a difference between slapping together prebuilt tarballs and having to write a whole block of code from scratch because two of the components you want to use were not already compatible.

 

[the_randomizer]

you can pretty much google how to do it tbh. No programming experience, linux is just easy to code and memorize

Pretty sure it's not that simple.

 

[blinkzane]

Pretty sure it's not that simple.

well no, but I have done it.

 

[aea]

Steam's on Linux now?

Steam OS itself is a Linux distro.

 

[Futurdreamz]

Steam OS itself is a Linux distro.

But only for x86 processors