woelkchen@lemmy.world to Steam Hardware@sopuli.xyz · 1 day agoBeyond Steam Machine: Why Valve's New ARM Support Shouldn't Be Overlookedwww.digitalfoundry.netexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1150arrow-down11
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minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours ago It is, but my assumption is that ARM-based linux and ARM-based android require a different codebase. https://www.androidauthority.com/run-desktop-linux-apps-on-android-how-to-3586539/
minus-squarecron@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agoThat approach uses virtual machines. While that is possible (otherwise we wouldn’t see it), it is probably not really optimized for gaming. Wine / Proton / Box64 (already used for gaming on android) is using translation layers, not a full virtual machine.
minus-squaresoulsource@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoThere was also an option to just install a Debian chroot on Android, with no virtualization in-between. The app was called Lil’Debi, but isn’t maintained any more since 2018.
minus-squarewoelkchen@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·16 hours ago That approach uses virtual machines. While that is possible (otherwise we wouldn’t see it), it is probably not really optimized for gaming. Whether or not it’s optimized for gaming is up to Google. The technology to bring Frame’s ARM Steam client onto Android exists.
https://www.androidauthority.com/run-desktop-linux-apps-on-android-how-to-3586539/
That approach uses virtual machines. While that is possible (otherwise we wouldn’t see it), it is probably not really optimized for gaming.
Wine / Proton / Box64 (already used for gaming on android) is using translation layers, not a full virtual machine.
There was also an option to just install a Debian chroot on Android, with no virtualization in-between.
The app was called Lil’Debi, but isn’t maintained any more since 2018.
Whether or not it’s optimized for gaming is up to Google. The technology to bring Frame’s ARM Steam client onto Android exists.