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Duo 1.5.2 is now available (Better Steam Support)

Proper Multi-User Steam Support

One of the biggest hurdles Duo has faced repeatedly is dealing with globally exclusive applications like Steam.

Until now, we had been using a known hi...

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Duo 1.5.0 is now available (with proper sandbox support)

Consider this a late New-Year's Eve update

I originally hoped to have all of this ready for New Year’s Eve, but debugging took way longer than expected.

A lot of this post will focu...

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Newsletter #29 - December 2024 (The death of ETAs)

Why I won't be doing ETAs anymore

As I'm writing this newsletter I feel horrible.

I wanted to bring you all exciting news, I hoped I'd be way further than I currently am, but there re...

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Newsletter #28 - October 2024 (Health issues, Duo & WIP updates)

Taking a deep breath

Whether I want to admit it or not, I haven't been the same since my bout with pneumonia at the end of last year.

While I have improved, I still experience frequen...

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Newsletter #27 - August 2024 (Chasing the GarlicOS bottleneck & Duo sandbox support)

Chasing the GarlicOS bottleneck

In the last newsletter, I gave you all a small peek behind the curtain as to why hardware acceleration in GarlicOS will be landing later than expected.

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Newsletter #26 - June 2024 (GarlicOS & Duo updates)

The newsletters are back!

Those who have been with me for a while know that I'm the kind of person who prefers to work in silence, come out of hiding every once in a while to drop a release...

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GarlicOS 2.0.2 now supports RG35XXSP

Introduction

I've finally been able to get my hands on one of these, and I am happy to confirm that the existing 2024-05-25 14:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post

GarlicOS 2.0.2 (Public Alpha)

Introduction

It's been a while since the last public update of GarlicOS, and I want to use this chance to say thank you for your continued support and patience.

The r...

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Happy Holidays! (See you in 2024!)

This last year was an eventful one.

  • We finished the GarlicOS 2.0 Alpha rewrite, got the porter templates out, and got it ported to the first 4 devices.
  • We also built an easy-to...

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GarlicOS 2.0.1 (Public Alpha)

Introduction

Last year, I released GarlicOS 1.0 as an early Christmas present to express my gratitude for all the support people have shown me over the years.

A lot has happened since...

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Duo (1 PC, multiple users)

What is Duo?

Duo is an HDR-compatible, headless, bare-metal, multi-seat streaming server based around TermWrap,...

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Newsletter #25 - August 2023 (GarlicOS 2.0)

So what's been going on over the last few months?

Those that follow my Twitter are already well aware that I am trying to bring GarlicOS to a variety of devices both new and old.

This...

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Anbernic RG405M SDCard Boot Enabler

This application will build the base for most, if not all, future RG405M distributions.

By installing this APK on your RG405M and running it, your device will gain the ability to boot from Mi...

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Anbernic RG405M V1.15 Recovery Package

This package allows you to unbrick your RG405M after a failed flash / bad tinker.

If this happened to you, or you just want to reset your unit to a guaranteed fresh installation of Anbernic's...

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GarlicOS for Anbernic RG35XX

Say hello to GarlicOS for RG35XX!

It's a fast & easy to understand operating system that should make Miyoo Mini / OnionOS users feel right at home with its similar look & feel!

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RetroArch for Anbernic RG35XX

This bundle brings RetroArch to the Anbernic RG35XX, replacing the rather limited stock OS.

Don't get me wrong, this build is rough around all edges, far from perfect in fact, but it...

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Anbernic RG353PVM AOSP12 Beta #1 (Android 12)

Here's an early Christmas present for all those Anbernic RG353P, RG353V and RG353M users out there!

This brings Android 12 to the RK356X SoC along with the usual goodies all of you have come ...

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Castor Game Stream (1 PC, multiple players)

Playing Windows games on a portable device has always been something people wanted. Up until now you only had two options:

  • Fork over big cash to get yourself a dedicated Windows handhel...

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Newsletter #24 - August 2022 (From Russia with Love)

It's been a good while since I last wrote one of these, damn, it's been nearly a year in fact.

I told myself I'd be writing more of these newsletters, but somehow I always find myself too bus...

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PowKiddy X18S LineageOS Beta #7 (Android 12)

This took longer than expected (life has been busy), but here it is: Android 12 for the PowKiddy X18S!

This build should take care of most of the issues that plagued the X18S crowd like Magis...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 11 Beta #18 (Widevine L3 & OC tweaks)

It took a bit of work, but we now have a working Widevine L3 HAL for Android 11 and performance parity with Android 9!

This means all pending overclocking-related tweaks have been ported over...

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RG552 SDFlash Retrofit (Version hopping between 8.1, 9.0 and 11)

A lot of you wanted Android 11 on RG552, but ended up preferring Android 9 in the end for one reason or another. (Hey, its your choice, all the power to you!)

Due to technical limita...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 11 Beta #17 (Bugfixes & Dirty-Update support)

This update hopes to address all of the reported issues from the previous build, as well as streamline the update process a bit more.

Streaming service & dual-boot users should be the hap...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 11 Beta #16 (Google Apps, SD-card installation method and more)

No use over-explaining things here: This build provides pretty much all the features the previous builds had on offer, but runs on top of Android 11 with Google Play support built-in.

It also...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 9.0 Beta #15 (Bugfixes, better performance, 16:9 HDMI output and QoL improvements)

This time around I bring you several bugfixes, a handful of performance improvements, proper 16:9 HDMI output without black bars, dismiss-able MicroSD card notifications and a new toggle to force p...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 9.0 Beta #14 (HW decoder fixes & navigation shortcut toggle)

Turns out that some applications don't set the proper color profile when initializing the hardware decoder (Parsec & XBOX game pass are two offenders).

This causes freezes, or in the case...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 9.0 Beta #13 (XBOX game pass & Loco Roco)

The (now-redundant) L1+R1+Y/X/A navigation shortcuts got removed as they interfered with games like Loco Roco.

And we fixed a XBOX game pass issue that caused a black bar on the right-hand si...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 9.0 Beta #12 (better sleep & BT audio)

Sleep mode finally works the way it should, gamepad buttons no longer wake the device from sleep, RTC alarms have been disabled (saving a ton of battery) and the audio regulator is now disabled in ...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 9.0 Beta #11 (more fixes)

This updates fixes a variety of reported issues.

Please take a look at the changelog below for a full list of changes!

How to install: Unpack the attached ...

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Anbernic RG552 AOSP 9.0 Beta #10 (USB mode-switching, Magisk updates & 2.2/1.8GHz OC profile)

I didn't expect to see so many people show interest in the WiFi 5GHz & BT upgrade... just an hour after releasing the last build brookystech got in touch with me concerning a seemingly bad WiFi...

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