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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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How powerful is Pinephone Pro? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago by LeylaLove@hexbear.net to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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I've been using my OnePlus 6t since launch and love it, but I am very interested in Linux phones now. I've been an early adopter before, but it's finally getting where I think I need it to be to try. I pretty much only do basic phone functions and emulation. Would a Pinephone Pro have the power to run something like a Wii or 3ds game? What about an older ported game like STALKER? Curious just how much it could do

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[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would a Pinephone Pro have the power to run something like a Wii or 3ds game? What about an older ported game like STALKER? Curious just how much it could do

No. I think it peaks at Dreamcast and PSP emulation and even then I can't speak for the quality. I don't think STALKER would even support the architecture. There are some ways around that but I don't think the performance would be great.

[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's an open source engine for STALKER, so it has been ported to Linux ARM64. Possible, but questionable whether it's a good idea. Thank you for answering!

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you referring to OpenXRay?

[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, friend of mine has it running pretty well on his ARM64 Linux device, although I don't know what it is.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be curious to here what it is. I have used ARM64 devices for gaming in the past but struggled to even play OpenMW on low settings

[–] LeylaLove@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the newest device you've used? Would be a giant pain in the ass, but I'm curious what a Snapdragon 8 gen 2 could do for it. Our modern phones are really powerful, I think some of the newest ones could probably do OpenMW and STALKER given someone smarter than me was doing it 💀

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 1 points 1 year ago

I am not sure. It was either the Raspberry Pi 4 or the ROCKPro64