Why aren't you already running Linux on your Switch Sup Forums?

Why aren't you already running Linux on your Switch Sup Forums?

forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/02/21/the-nintendo-switch-is-now-a-fully-functioning-linux-tablet/
theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/2/19/17029916/nintendo-switch-hack-linux-fail0verflow
engadget.com/2018/02/20/nintendo-switch-linux-mod/
techcrunch.com/2018/02/09/hacker-group-manages-to-run-linux-on-a-nintendo-switch/
theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3026451/hackers-force-nintendo-switch-to-run-linux-thanks-to-nvidia-tegra-x1-flaw
slashgear.com/nintendo-switch-now-runs-a-linux-graphical-desktop-18519932/
forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/02/09/hackers-are-running-linux-on-the-switch-and-claim-nintendo-cant-patch-it/

>Debian
Why is that distro so based?

>Switch
I don't have one.

Because I refuse to buy a Nintendo console no more powerful than an Xbox 360 at such a price.

It's the most powerful ARM device on the market yet still manages to cost 1/3 of the best ones.
It's an amazing deal if you ask me.

The Switch is a great little device. Would be awesome if I could dual boot Linux to run some emulators and maybe stream games from Steam. When will they publish their exploit?

because those fail0verfaggots never release their exploits

What's it useful for?

quoted wrong post
I mean to ask what the Switch is useful fo

I don't have a Switch.

>an outdated ARM tablet is more powerful than Microsoft's and Sony's custom PCs

Actually, it quite destroys the Xbox 360.
I know your memory is quite foggy, but that system rarely touched 720p, relying on all sort of weird resolutions to fit on the EDRAM, while you can count on one hand the number of switch games that run at under 720p.
This and having literally 8 times the memory.

It's the most powerful portable gaming device on the planet. What else do you want?

It has the best software library ever for a portable console. As a bonus you can connect it to 1080p screens.

>gayming

>muh ram
No, this is not how computers work, you fucking retard.

>no more powerful than an Xbox 360

Yeah but why wouldn't I just use a laptop

Bigger ram allows you to use bigger textures without any sort of performance impact (unless you count dynamic textures like depth shadow maps, then it certainly does).

What games do you play?

>Dual core mobile CPU at 1GHz beating a 3 core 3.2GHz Powerpc CPU
Kill yourself, fuckhead.

cause I use gnu/linux as a tool, not as a toy.

The Xenon has SMT too

>It has the best software library ever for a portable console. As a bonus you can connect it to 1080p screens.
The Switch only outputs 720p from the dock.

OOTB Debian has the most packages for the most archs with the least fuss.

get in here folks it's the latest shitmeme
ITT we shit Nintendo Switch
Look up my ass and suck a log of shit from it

6 months later
uh dood i spent all that money to end game with a crock of shit

DOOOOOOD YOU WERE MEMED

>Switch will become the ultimate console emulator thanks to this exploit
This makes me moist. Also fuck you I can play vidya and still be interested in technology!

Not with that battery life it won't.

It's a quad core ARM CPU that executes up to three instructions per cycle and have branch prediction, out of order execution and a small pipeline, versus a triple core CPU that executes only two instructions per cycle, no branch predictor and executes shit in order.

The Xenon only defeats the ARM when the task is a DSP like operation, such as playing Mpeg movies or decoding audio.
At actual CPU loads it gets crushed.

You should google shit a bit, because you're completely wrong on this one.
the 720p cap is only while undocked.

Even if that's true, using your math, the Xenon still outperforms the shitty Switch CPU by a factor of 2.

>using google
Get out.

On DSP-like loads.
On complex code with a lot of branch predictions, Xenon will spend most of its time waiting it's big pipeline to clear up instead of processing data.
It's pretty much the same way Atlhon defeated pentium 4, despise on paper both having the same performance, except in a much larger scale.

No, even with all those extra functions it will not make up the massive disparity in clock speed between the two.
Athlon 1.6GHz was equivalent to a 2.4Ghz P4.
This is 3.2GHz Powerpc against 1GHz ARM which itself isn't really a good architecture known for it's IPC.

On the case of P4 vs Atlhon, both CPUs had a branch predictor of pretty much same performance, but as the P4 had a bigger pipeline, the atlhon ended up being faster because the stalls were less painful on it.
On Xenon vs arm, we're talking about a CPU that DOES NOT HAVE a branch predictor, vs one that has a modern branch predictor.
And a smaller pipeline, just to rub salt on the wound.
Also "ARM" is a quite loose definition nowadays.
The one used on the switch is pretty much half way in the desktop path, which is probably one of the reasons why the switch battery sucks.

Damn right, fucker only lasts about 2 to 2.5 hours with the screen blacklight all the way down if you play Mario Kart

Are these just articles on it being a thing, or do some of them say how to do it? Last I checked, none of these exploits were public yet. I guess I'll go stop by /hbg/.

>linux
>nintendo switch
S O Y
O
Y

>tfw no NetBSD port

>ps4 and xbone are arm devices
Back to Sup Forums goy

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how has nobody checked these digits

WOW

>The Switch only outputs 720p from the dock.
But that's a lie. The Switch outputs a maximum of 1080p on the dock. 720p is the maximum for portable mode.

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Impossible!!

Checked.

I have no fucking clue what this comic is trying to get across

nice script

It's a Sup Forums meme. Nintendo Switch always makes """""men""""" strike this pose with an open mouth.

Sup Forums being hilarious as always I see...

48 shitposts but no one mentioning that the fail0verflow fucks won't ever release anything to help anyone run Linux on the Switch.

It focuses on the practical aspect of an operating system.

Jentuuuuu luniksssss xDxD

> Soytendo AND Linux
I bet you grow a full fledged vagina when you finish installing it

because I'm not a numale cuck that would own one

Why is nintendo not being able to patch it such a big deal.
Is it really such a problem for a company like nintendo that people are capable of using another operating system on a a device that they own?
You still have to pay them money for that device no?

Someone figure out how to mine crypto on it so soyboys will be here complaining about the switch shortage for the next year.

I know you are joking but even if you did figure out how to do it, it would still be nowhere near profitable enough

Imagine being the woman married to that.

I give them 5 years, tops, before she realizes her mistake.

That's a very rational way of thinking, but the aim with game consoles and most other proprietary software/hardware is to control and limit the user.

it's funny that this is a popular numale pic when he's balding (probably from extremely high testosterone)

What are you on about...
Most of my switches can only handle one bit at a time.

nyce

>switch

>It's an amazing deal if you ask me.
Kys, shill

>switch

>systemd

Right because most people dont bald because of genetics, poor diet or air pollution

I don't like my Linux with soy.

>but muh GHz number!!!
You really need to go back to Sup Forums

The funny thing is Sony did the Linux thing before Nintendo. You can use that for your memes.

The fact you soyboys actually have to argue your soytoy is more powerful than decade old hardware should be proof n*ntendo is trash

You don't see people arguing the ps2 was more powerful than a 360 or the bone was weaker than the ps3

so my overpriced gaming tablet can finally be an overpriced linux tablet? where do I sign up?

ita okay when nintendo does it

Because GPD WIN 2 is better and not ARM.

Finally a reason to get a switch

People don't argue because they know the PS2 had better games.

bcos they wont release it

uh oh looks like someone's stuck with the classic cow2beef.exe

I already have a phone, why would I want a fucking tablet.

Wasted digits.

>t. soytoy switch owner

>Switch
What kind of manbaby do you think I am? #PCGMR

not gonna lie im very very interested on this matter but is it really needed to break it like that?

well-earned get

>no spacebar but two shift keys

>nintendo soy boy tablet
The hardware is shit.

LOL no, the Tegra X1 is a beast of a SoC and thoroughly curb stomps the PS3 and 360. It even beats the Wii U

I bought mine almost exclusively for playing Splatoon 2. I can't do that if I have a Linux distro installed.
>"Why are you playing a video game for children?"
It's the only game I enjoy nowadays.

Yeah its about 1tflop, not bad in handheld

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that's the most retarded thing I've ever seen in my life

Nice

im able to top it

gayming for ants

He said ARM devices you illiterate mongoloid

why not just getting a $300 tabloid instead?

soy

goy

>switch
>1tflop
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Do you have a brain tumour?