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  • Ideally you’d want more versatility

    Yes, that’s what I thought which is why I bought the Retroid. But I discovered Android introduces so much overhead that it ruins the purpose of a gaming handheld. I might as well use my much more powerful Pixel with those slide in controllers for thumbsticks and buttons.

    A Retroid for the better screen/CPU with a streamlined gaming specific Linux OS would be the best of both worlds.


  • It could be a big deal if the developers of GarlicOS / OnionOS support it. I have a Retroid 3+, a Miyoo Mini (lost it) , and now an Anbernic GBA SP.

    The Retroid seemed amazing at first but after using a Miyoo with OnionOS, I’m not going back to Android retro gaming.

    The usability of being able to pick up a hand held and play immediately cannot be understated. Android doesn’t normally shutdown. It sleeps which means it only lasts a few days (not being used!) without being plugged in unless you explicitly pick power down from the menu. If you do power down, it takes over a minute to boot. The Android retro front ends also take hours and hours to setup.

    OnionOS/GarlicOS completely power down so the battery always has charge and is ready to go. Because there is no Android, boot to being back in your game (it defaults to powering up right back where you left off in a game), takes seconds. The menu scraping works so there’s virtually no setup needed.






  • installing applications by finding files on an Internet scavenger hunt, no built-in, centralized updating of applications,

    Windows has the Windows store for finding and centralizing updates. Just like installing linux apps that aren’t in a package manager is a scavenger hunt without centrailized updates.

    I’m glad Windows store isn’t popular. I’d rather not have MS in control of my apps.

    having to restart your PC for your OS to update

    Consumer facing distros like Ubuntu want you to reboot after OS/Window manager updates. It’s simply easier and more reliable than expecting the user to know all the dependencies of their programs.

    The uninstallable bloatware has become a huge hassle for me. But consumers have become used to their iPhones with the preinstalled bloatware and apple iDrive ads built into the OS constantly nagging. So of course Microsoft copied Apple.




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    It’s more serious than normal because if your PC ever gets owned, a wipe and reinstall will not remove the exploit.

    “Nissim sums up that worst-case scenario in more practical terms: “You basically have to throw your computer away.””