Only initial thoughts are why in their right mind are they using windows on a handheld device
So I don’t game a lot and I’m not sure what that car driving game is, but I noticed at ~1:30 his left thumb is moving all over the place and the car keeps driving in a straight line? It doesn’t seem like any of his hand/finger movements match what’s on the screen, am I crazy?
It looks like the rally game Dirt and can confirm that keeping the Ford Sierra Cosworth in a straight line can be a challenge!
Yeah I think I agree. Honestly, owning a Framework 12 main board I was kind of shocked at how good the graphics were for this guy (it’s just Intel integrated which suuucks, though to be fair I’ve barely tried gaming on my Framework). I’m wondering if he’s just playing a video to show more proof-of-concept (not super dishonest, as Framework is going to soon release a Ryzen mainboard that is expected to have pretty reasonable graphics built in)
@festus @BaconIsAVeg AMD advantage!!
You can replace the main board, screen, etc all separately. So if you want an upgraded processor, you can buy a main board and be on your way.
It’s not modular in the sense that you can plug random stuff together, it’s modular in the sense that you can replace each piece independently.
Windows because it will cost Framework or whoever it is a lot to do it Valve style - coming out with your own distro, support it and yeah the proton issue. If it will run only Linux games, that market will be minuscule.
I mean, you’re not wrong, but I’m pretty sure Valve would allow other companies to download SteamOS for their own platform. You can already do it yourself for free.
@HRDS_654
Not to mention the main functional part: proton doesn’t only work on SteamOS
@Ecology8622
Linux gaming
Windows 11 desktop
Is there device support for Linux?
Looking at the thumbnail, I’m assuming they’re using the guts from a framework laptop: https://frame.work/linux
Of course, that doesn’t say anything about the display or controls, but it’s a solid maybe.
It is a framework mainboard. The display is almost certainly connected via displayport on one of the framework usb-c ports, so that should be fine, and I’m pretty sure they mention the game pads are Bluetooth. There should be no issues running Linux on this.
@thejevans @DoomBot5 crazy to think that popos and other Linux distributions don’t run on Framework
Why wouldn’t you?
