Also, I’ll be fine if I can’t use Ubuntu Touch, but I just don’t want to be locked into exclusively relying on emulators. If what I read is wrong and there actually isn’t a way to run Linux applications on them, then I might have to go with the android based ones.
I have also heard that some of them come with, or at least you can set them up to have a dual boot between android and Linux. So regardless of whether or not you can actually run Linux applications on them, I can still use android as a backup if needed, assuming that it’s true.
Well, yes and no, at least with the xx line.
They come with their own firmware from the factory but installing a custom firmware is super easy, just flash to sd card and add your games.
I use MuOS on mine but there’s also KNULLI which is a fork of Batocera. I don’t know how well they support normal distros like Ubuntu Touch.
Here’s a good article about custom firmware on the xx line
https://retrogamecorps.com/2024/06/07/anbernic-rg35xx-family-starter-guide/
They’re really fun devices, definitely recommend them 🙂
Okay, I’ll check that out. Thank you.
Also, I’ll be fine if I can’t use Ubuntu Touch, but I just don’t want to be locked into exclusively relying on emulators. If what I read is wrong and there actually isn’t a way to run Linux applications on them, then I might have to go with the android based ones.
I have also heard that some of them come with, or at least you can set them up to have a dual boot between android and Linux. So regardless of whether or not you can actually run Linux applications on them, I can still use android as a backup if needed, assuming that it’s true.