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The last premium Chromebook, the Pixel, yes you could install Linux and just boot into it. Problem was, Linux... Debian was not ready for this device, especial

The last premium Chromebook, the Pixel, yes you could install Linux and just boot into it. Problem was, Linux... Debian was not ready for this device, especially the high res screen, which made the UI in Linux super duper tiny. Debian saw the screen as a giant regular resolution screen... Lots of edge cases like this, especially with touch screens.

zxcvcxz 10y ago
fedora and ubuntu have worked really well for me on high dpi screens. Unity and GNOME didn't require any tweaking.
bitL 10y ago
Thanks! I was asking because I would like to have a dedicated "retro" machine for running all 8-bit/16-bit and console emulators and a Pentium 4405Y would be capable of running all of them smoothly (Baytrail/Braswell are too slow); 32GB eMMC would be sufficient as well.
- VonGuard 10y ago
  Frankly, if yer looking for a portable way to play emulated games and old computer stuff, the nVidia Shield Portable is amazing. It's like someone at nVidia saw all these GP32's and weird handheld emulation devices and said," geez, we could make that actually work." Alternately, an Intel NUC or a compute stick works, too. As do Raspberry Pi. I would caution against making this kinda device into an emulator box. You want generic hardware.
  - bitL 10y ago
    For Dolphin you really need something based on Core M or better to run smoothly (CPU intense). I have a Shield TV and never considered it for it; 8-bit/16-bit would run there smoothly I am sure though. If Pipo KB1/KB2 had Core M, they would have been ideal both performance and retro form factor-wise ;-)
  - dTal 10y ago
    This won't be suitable for bitL if they want Core M, but a super-interesting device in the same performance and size bracket as the Shield (but a much stronger focus on general purpose mobile computing) is the Pyra, which just started taking preorders a few days ago and will likely ship in a few months.

zxcvcxz 10y ago

fedora and ubuntu have worked really well for me on high dpi screens. Unity and GNOME didn't require any tweaking.

bitL 10y ago

Thanks! I was asking because I would like to have a dedicated "retro" machine for running all 8-bit/16-bit and console emulators and a Pentium 4405Y would be capable of running all of them smoothly (Baytrail/Braswell are too slow); 32GB eMMC would be sufficient as well.

VonGuard 10y ago
Frankly, if yer looking for a portable way to play emulated games and old computer stuff, the nVidia Shield Portable is amazing. It's like someone at nVidia saw all these GP32's and weird handheld emulation devices and said," geez, we could make that actually work." Alternately, an Intel NUC or a compute stick works, too. As do Raspberry Pi. I would caution against making this kinda device into an emulator box. You want generic hardware.
- bitL 10y ago
  For Dolphin you really need something based on Core M or better to run smoothly (CPU intense). I have a Shield TV and never considered it for it; 8-bit/16-bit would run there smoothly I am sure though. If Pipo KB1/KB2 had Core M, they would have been ideal both performance and retro form factor-wise ;-)
- dTal 10y ago
  This won't be suitable for bitL if they want Core M, but a super-interesting device in the same performance and size bracket as the Shield (but a much stronger focus on general purpose mobile computing) is the Pyra, which just started taking preorders a few days ago and will likely ship in a few months.