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   Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 18:17:58 JST Brodie Robertson

   Putting aside it being Manjaro powered, it's awesome to see more Linux powered handhelds https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/zotac-gaming-zone-handheld-getting-a-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370-prototype-with-a-manjaro-linux-based-os/

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 18:24:24 JST Brodie Robertson

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     • aaron

     @fireborn It would have to be a modified version of manjaro as it doesn't come preconfigured for gaming, no Steam installed for example. I know Manjaro does have an immutable version they're working on so that could possibly be related.

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     aaron (fireborn@dragonscave.space)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 18:24:25 JST aaron

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     @BrodieOnLinux Manjaro might actually make sense for them_Steam OS is based on Arch, after all, and Manjaro isn't (too) far off. The tooling is already in place. Though why they wouldn't just use Arch in that case I don't know.

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     Brodie Robertson (brodieonlinux@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 18:31:20 JST Brodie Robertson

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     @fireborn That would be my first pick as well, maybe the intention to to have something custom branded, and they wanted to be in control of it

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     aaron (fireborn@dragonscave.space)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 18:31:21 JST aaron

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     @BrodieOnLinux Bazzite would probably be a better base for them – I wonder if there's something around licensing there they don't want to deal with.

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     Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 19:44:08 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

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     @BrodieOnLinux these steam-based handhelds never cease to amaze me. you get so much more value for money. plus i guess on some of them you can dock them and use them as normal computers? is that a thing?

     i'd like to see libreboot on one of these, one day. not that i'm much interested in computer games, i just want libreboot to assimilate every device ever manufactured.

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     Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 19:44:18 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

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     @BrodieOnLinux these steam-based handhelds never cease to amaze me. you get so much more value for money (compared to neintendo's own handheld products, for example). plus i guess on some of them you can dock them and use them as normal computers? is that a thing?

     i'd like to see libreboot on one of these, one day. not that i'm much interested in computer games, i just want libreboot to assimilate every device ever manufactured.

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     Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot (libreleah@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 14-May-2025 19:48:17 JST Leah Rowe is not a Rowebot

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     @BrodieOnLinux and libreboot on a games console actually has precedent. for example it supports the sony playstation: https://libreboot.org/docs/install/playstation.html