It's a form of JELOS picked up by contributers in the wake of the project getting dropped after Nintendo went after Citra. JELOS shipped with it by default.

Source: I've contributed to Rocknix and was around for the dissolution of JELOS and the fork.

Some time ago it was written on their GitHub repository. Unfortunately JELOS stopped the development and Rocknix picked up the code and further maintained it. Hopefully it will last, but one should also say that the ecosystem is now also rich in alternatives to RetroPie itself. In fact, Batocera is also a strongly community-supported distribution for retrogaming

devs threw in m8c and its dependencies so you can hook up a teensy 4.1 flashed with Dirtywave’s headless M8 firmware, and make music on the handheld. 8 mono tracks, synths and samplers. it turns any handheld running this into a decent DAW

Not seeing the point of this, all that much. I'd rather run something like Mobian or pmOS (given the tiny, mobile-like screen on most of these devices) once the hardware support on mainline kernel is up to proper standards. A lightweight environment like sxmo would probably work quite well with the custom HID controls. And it would open up this whole emerging class of low-cost devices for doing a whole lot more than just the emulator-based "gaming" that they're used for out-of-the-box.

(Not all of them are low-cost, either; there's plenty of high-end handhelds with physical buttons and analog controls these days, that could probably be usefully repurposed for productive work.)

I’m running bazzite on amd kit and it’s blown me away how nice it is, everything so far has ”just worked”

I think it's because the SoC hardware is made by Rockchip.

I totally forgot about RockBox until I saw this headline, like yourself. That kept my first-generation iPod Video running far longer than I would have expected.

I have muOS on my H. I find it's better than Knulli because the wifi works reliably.

I also like the Syncthing integration, I can easily share saves and save states to my computer which is simple but feels very cool.

Different devices have different levels of support. Support for the H700 (the chipset in the CubeXX) has been added a few months ago and the project is still working out the kinks.

Unfortunately we're often limited by whatever blobs the manufacturer provides and whatever is supported by the mainline kernel, as you can imagine there's not a whole lot of people experimenting with the latest and the greatest on these devices so the project often runs into regressions when upgrading. I wish the situation was better but given the prices these devices are going for it's a small wonder they work as well as they do ;) Having (some) mainline support does mean that we'll see updates for years and years so with a bit of luck the situation will improve over time!

For reference the Rockchip devices (RK3266 and RK3566) have been supported for longer and offer a general smooth experience. I've had pretty good luck with my Powkiddy X55!

With regards to 2, just like bazzite and some other distros Rocknix uses a read-only filesystem, you can use mounts to allow certain paths to be overwritten. The default configuration strives to find a balance between allowing some customization and stability.

What you're describing does sound like a bug, it might be that some flag is set incorrectly. I would recommend dropping in at the Discord.

I have an anbernic rg35xx h - it's a great device; totally recommend it. It plays games up to ps1 with easy, it also works good in most psp games, maybe with a little frameskip on more resource intensive games.

Very good controllers and firm design. Great value for its price!

I've got a few from PowKiddy. They're all based on the Rockchip RK3566 SoC.

There are some other chips coming out that have decent Linux support too, but the majority of devices will have that one still.

The Anbernic RG35XX lineup are all good devices that are fairly budget friendly ($40-80 depending on sales and where you buy from). They all share very similar specs, just different layouts and controls. I'm partial to the RG35XX SP's clam shell form-factor, but other people like the RG35XX Plus that's akin to a gameboy color layout (but smaller) or the RG35XX H that's similar to a nintendo switch lite layout, including joysticks (but smaller). They can handle PS1 and older without any issues, plus some Dreamcast and N64 games.

On the higher end ($300-400), the Ayn Odin 2 is really the device to beat, although it's bigger, somewhere in between a Switch and a Steam Deck. It can handle some PS2, PSP, and even nintendo switch games - see https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XaPYEyTinKk7F2uTfgSD... for a community-sourced list of compatible games.

Retroid also has some nice higher end devices around $200-300. I have a Retroid Pocket 3+ that I really like, and while it's not compatible with Rocknix, some of their newer devices are.

Before making a purchase, check out the Retro Game Corps, he reviews prettymuch all of these devices and can help you narrow down what you want: https://retrogamecorps.com/ or https://www.youtube.com/c/retrogamecorps

What system do you want to emulate up to?

If most PS2 games and Gamecube games are good enough, you can grab an Odroid Go Ultra cheaply. It's what I used and suited my needs.

Keep SteamOS on your SteamDeck and come join the SBC debate and in https://old.reddit.com/r/SBCGaming/

First you need to define “everything”. It’s easy to get a device that runs every 2D retro game ever. But, moving up the 3D emulation ladder can move right past the SteamDeck into more power hungry devices.

Most RK3566-devices are a good bet. I have the Powkiddy RGB10 MAX 3 which runs Rocknix great.

The website has a page listing supported devices: https://rocknix.org/devices/

I am personally not familiar with any of the names there.

I don't believe there's Bazzite or SteamOS available for ARM devices, which make up most of the "portable handheld" market in terms of device variety

It's meant to work with a limited niche set of devices: https://rocknix.org/devices/

Performance is better in some cases but worse in others (mostly Dreamcast and other 3D sfuff).

In general Rockchip does offer a more modern and streamlined experience though, the software is generally more up-to-date and it has some nice quality of life features such as a theme and bezel downloader. If you have a spare microSD card definitely give it a try ;)

Hahaha, this is unlikely because the predecessor project was collateral damage from nintendos anti emulator crusade.

I run a Rocknix fork with Citra. It is easy to add your own packages. In fact, if you have a copy of the old JELOS tree, someone might have already packaged Yuzu for it before the Nintendo suit.

Apparently minecraft runs better on linux on switch than native