The first console with AMD Ryzen Z1 APU released ASUS ROG Ally features Zen4 and RDNA3 architectures. The day has come, says AMD. ASUS has finally launched its ROG Ally gaming console based on AMD hardware. This is the first handheld console developed by ASUS and the first console to ever feature the AMD Ryzen […]
I want to install ChimeraOS on my Ally eventually. I have two Steam Decks and I love Linux gaming, but the Ally is very compelling as a hardware platform. Windows on a handheld is an atrocious experience, especially if you don’t want to submit to Microsoft’s garbage spyware account BS and create a local account. Had to plug in a dock and keyboard just to get through the damn setup. I’m only tolerating Windows long enough to reverse engineer the RGB control. I tried to install ChimeraOS to a microSD card which worked, but the BIOS does not appear to be able to boot from SD. I tweeted at ROG Ally about this and they responded so maybe they’ll ask their BIOS vendor to do something about this in a future update. I was able to boot the ChimeraOS card when in an external reader, but the built in WiFi wasn’t detected so I couldn’t do too much. It got to a GNOME desktop, which admittedly ran quite smoothly. I need to experiment again with having Ethernet connected.
I want to install ChimeraOS on my Ally eventually. I have two Steam Decks and I love Linux gaming, but the Ally is very compelling as a hardware platform. Windows on a handheld is an atrocious experience, especially if you don’t want to submit to Microsoft’s garbage spyware account BS and create a local account. Had to plug in a dock and keyboard just to get through the damn setup. I’m only tolerating Windows long enough to reverse engineer the RGB control. I tried to install ChimeraOS to a microSD card which worked, but the BIOS does not appear to be able to boot from SD. I tweeted at ROG Ally about this and they responded so maybe they’ll ask their BIOS vendor to do something about this in a future update. I was able to boot the ChimeraOS card when in an external reader, but the built in WiFi wasn’t detected so I couldn’t do too much. It got to a GNOME desktop, which admittedly ran quite smoothly. I need to experiment again with having Ethernet connected.