I was about to buy a Pixel 9 Pro XL at my carrier and use Graphene with it, but unfortunately the Pro XL version got discontinued or I don't know so now only the Pixel 10 variants, 9 and 9a are available. (Strange that the Pro XL got pulled only).
Now I can't decide should I wait for Graphene on Pixel 10 or just go for the 9.
I mean, 9 would be probably more than good enough, but that +4GB of RAM that the Pro XL (and 10) has are keeping me back from buying the 9.
I probably don't even need 12GB RAM, but my previous phone also had this much and if I buy a new one, an upgrade here and there would be nice.
to me it's more like post Enterprise that I just can't get into anymore. Time to time I try again though, hoping one day I will magically start to like them.
I went to check it and... believe it or not, but it works now. With Joy Cons and with the 8bitdo controller as well. So I have no idea what did went wrong this morning. I was doing it multiple times, from world 3 and 4 and nothing. Weird!
If it really doesn't work here (which really would be strange), then yeah, that's what I'm gonna use. Using it already.
It would be just nice, to have the "built-in" way of save states of some kind. It's half-way cheating that way, since they put this feature inside the game and not the system you run on it.
And also, as you mentioned it too, using save states also saves the extra life counts. So soon enough, probably there will be a save where I don't have any lifes and every death would mean game over.
Minor things. But yeah. Will try the A + START thing with Joy Cons, and if that won't work either, I just use save states and maybe save at each world.
My smile would be more natural, if I could finish the game (for the first time, from the beginning to the end) the intended way, and I think using A + START is still fine.
Thing is, there's no real software KVM (or rather KM) solution for Wayland. Barrier (and the others) works only on X11.
It's a minor thing, but unfortunately major enough for me to be unable to switch to Wayland at all.
Completely dropping X11 sounds a nightmare in my case. I'm not against dropping X11, if Wayland proves to be a better alternative. But not with "holes" like this. :c
I guess using this envirinment, it's possible to set up your server to your needs.
One thing I don't know is how to autostart Termux at boot, but there must be a way, "worst-case" a Tasker routine can do it. Also, another thing to considerate with this setup is Android's memory management and to detect if your proot distro gets killed. But then again, maybe Tasker is good for that, too.
Good thing with this proot-distro thing is that it's really easy and straightforward to set up, and basically you have a full Linux environment in your pocket. There are limitations, of course.
As for installing/flashing full Debian on an Android phone, let's say it's not possible. Your closest best bet would be Ubuntu Touch on a supported device.
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