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New Manjaro Linux Gaming Handheld from OrangePi (neo.manjaro.org)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is exciting! A gaming handheld from a great open source hardware company that makes SBCs like the RP5. It looks to have all the quality features and combines the best of all the handhelds I've seen. This has me really excited.

I am wondering though what gaming on Manjaro Linux is like if anyone knows. I've heard of Bazzite and Nobara as well as Chimera and HoloISO which are all focused around gaming. Does Manjaro ship with all the gaming features preinstalled?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Interesting, it's running and immutable system so the core system would reset after a reboot. I'm using the KDE Manjaro and have been happy with it. A lot of software is available through Flatpack, so this would be a nice portable system.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It's basically what the Steam Deck does, and for a gaming device it makes a lot of sense. The vast majority of games will probably be installed to the user's home folder anyhow...

It might be that some games require additional libraries that don't come with the immutable base OS, but you can always install them in a custom folder (like, the game's install dir), or just install Steam and use the Steam Runtime for everything.

And, as you said, a lot of open source tools and games (DosBox for instance) are available as Flatpaks too.