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Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by dharma1 »

nailer wrote: post #64
cmrdporcupine wrote: post #60

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Well, they're Android games. Mostly cheaper games ported from mobile devices. And the CPU/GPU in the machine isn't as hefty as what's in consoles; framerates and pixel quality is good but shading, etc. not. And the big publishers aren't making big games for it. There's nothing like a Skyrim or whatever for it. There's no DVD/BD disc reader in it, so everything has to be download only, so there'd be problems distribut…

Ah I see. Have you used 'GeForce Now'? It's actual PC games like Witcher III from beefy GPUs in the cloud: https://shield.nvidia.co.uk/games/geforce-now

I use it, been playing the Lego Harry Potter's with my son.

Works very well, I forget I'm streaming the game. I've got 160mbps internet but it should work with 10mbps+. No noticeable latency for this type of games, might be a different story for multiplayer FPS where every ms counts.

Only complaint is the selection of games is quite low right now, I'm guessing Nvidia has a lot of work ahead of them to convince games publishers that this is the future

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by dharma1 »

droelf wrote: post #14
nailer wrote: post #2

Awesome. It's much easier to make Android (with it's massive app ecosystem) a desktop OS than it is than to build an app ecosystem for traditional Linux desktops. Interestingly enough it doesn't look like there's an installer - they want you to run it from USB for now.

There is also project "shashlik" by the KDE folks which, if it works as advertised at some point, should make it possible to run Android apps natively in Linux. https://github.com/shashlik/shashlik

How well does that work?

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Post by codazoda »

Pxtl wrote: post #67
tbrock wrote: post #65

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Or, you know, Apple's desktop trackpad which lets you do all these gestures.

Yes, but for a remote for a TV device you want something one-handed and hand-held, which creates an inherent problem with the pinch action. Trackpads are a desktop/laptop experience. Once you're using a trackpad, you may as well go with the Chromecast approach of using a full phone-like device. Sad that Android is so bloated, otherwise I'd think a small 3.5" barebones full Android device would be good as a bundled "r…

Have you seen the new Apple TV Remote? I haven't done a lot with it, but it's got a touch pad on it for gestures. Maybe these remote / trackpad devices would do the trick.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by isbn »

soylentcola wrote: post #47
isbn wrote: post #29

Would be cool if they'd release this for ARM too. The Pi, Cubietruck and all the other dev boards would run this nicely.

From what I remember, there are ports to RaspPi but a major issue is getting graphic acceleration working. Not sure what the current state of it is.

There definitely are Android ports for RaspPi and other ARM boards, but I don't think there are RemixOS ports for these, which I would like.

Re: RemixOS for PC released

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Post by nailer »

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #68
nailer wrote: post #64

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Ah I see. Have you used 'GeForce Now'? It's actual PC games like Witcher III from beefy GPUs in the cloud: https://shield.nvidia.co.uk/games/geforce-now

My Internet connection is a bandwidth capped 2.5Mbps 3g connection, as I live rural with no high speed terrestrial connection. So no, I haven't used it. I can barely do Netflix.

Makes sense - thank you for replying!
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