Comment on Beyond Steam Machine: Why Valve's New ARM Support Shouldn't Be Overlooked
woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 hours agoIt is, but my assumption is that ARM-based linux and ARM-based android require a different codebase.
Comment on Beyond Steam Machine: Why Valve's New ARM Support Shouldn't Be Overlooked
woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 hours agoIt is, but my assumption is that ARM-based linux and ARM-based android require a different codebase.
cron@feddit.org 6 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.
Wine / Proton / Box64 (already used for gaming on android) is using translation layers, not a full virtual machine.
soulsource@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
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.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Whether or not it’s optimized for gaming is up to Google. The technology to bring Frame’s ARM Steam client onto Android exists.