Retroid 宣布 Pocket 6、Nova 与 Duo 掌机支持 Linux
Retroid Announces Linux Support For Pocket 6, Nova and Duo Handhelds
Retroid 今日在公开 Discord 宣布为 Pocket 6、Nova 与 Duo 掌机提供主线 Linux 内核 7.3 支持，并放出 GitHub 下载链接。当前可用功能涵盖触屏、手柄、音频、Wi-Fi 与蓝牙等，但刷入需技术基础且厂商不提供深度支持。
Retroid 旗下 Pocket 6、Nova 与 Duo 掌机原先仅运行 Android 系统，本次提供主线 Linux 内核满足社区多年诉求，用户可依据 GitHub 链接自行部署。
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Retroid are renowned for creating remarkable Android retro handhelds, many of them making their way to the top of our best retro handhelds list many years in a row, and their most recent devices have been incredibly popular with the community, especially the Retroid Pocket Nova, which we have fallen in love with since it launched a few months ago.
Typically, these devices use Android as an operating system, and for good reason; it opens up a tonne of customisations, great emulation performance and the ability to explore your favourite Android games in a way that typically means you can pump of the graphical settings on them due to Retroid's impressive specifications, but for years now Linux fans have requested support on their devices, and until now Retroid showed no real sign of making that a possibility.
Retroid shared in their public Discord server today that mainline Linux for Retroid Pocket devices is here, specifically the Linux Kernel 7.3, which will work with the following devices (for now):
What's Working (For Now)
- Touchscreen Gamepad (RSInput)
- Joystick RGB lights (RP6 / Nova)
- Audio: speakers, headphones, internal mics, headset mic, DisplayPort audio (RP6 / Nova)
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (WCN7850 on RP6 / Nova, WCN7750 on Duo)
- GPU, Video decode/encode
- USB-C with DisplayPort alt mode, UFS storage, and microSD; PWM fan with thermal control
You'll certainly need some technical knowledge to get this installed on your device, but Retroid has shared all of the download links via GitHub, such as the Kernel (branch retroidpocket/v7.3), the Audio topology (branch retroidpocket/v1.0.5), and the UCM config (branch retroidpocket/v1.2.16). Retroid has stated that audio needs both the topology and the UCM config to be installed. Hopefully this helps those of you who have been wanting Linux on your modern Retroid devices!
Though I will state this is more along the lines of Retroid enabling the community to install Linux on the hardware/software level, I doubt they are liable for what happens if you do, nor do I believe they'll offer deep customer support for Linux installations from the community, but I may be wrong here; this feels more like a thumbs up from Retroid that it's possible, with some guidance, rather than a full-on collaboration that promises future Linux pre-installations on their devices.
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来源：Retrododo · retrododo.com