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Mnementh on 12 February 2018

Seems, the Switch got hacked by fail0verflow:

🐧🐧🐧🐧 #switch pic.twitter.com/4iTjTk9D59
— fail0verflow (@fail0verflow) February 6, 2018

In case it wasn't obvious, our Switch coldboot exploit:
* Is a bootrom bug
* Can't be patched (in currently released Switches)
* Doesn't require a modchip to pull offhttps://t.co/LLadlEmm44
— fail0verflow (@fail0verflow) January 16, 2018

We made a nice scroller for Switch :) pic.twitter.com/kUWTVMQf8s
— fail0verflow (@fail0verflow) January 7, 2018

Do we see homebrew soon? Finally Netflix (in the browser)? Linux on the go?

EDIT: Umm, the forum-software automatically expands links to a tweet to display the tweet itself? Surprising.

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vivster on 12 February 2018

Cool stuff. Dunno how much that means for running unsigned software.

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hunter_alien on 12 February 2018

Can we haz PSP and SNES emulatorz nou?

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malistix1985 on 12 February 2018

I am always in for using custom firmware for emulation! good stuff if its true the switch will be purchased in seconds

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Barkley on 12 February 2018

hunter_alien said:
Can we haz PSP and SNES emulatorz nou?

A Standard Tegra X1 will run a PSP emulator no problem, the CPU downclock from 1.9ghz to 1ghz in the Switch might pose a problem for PSP emulation, dunno.

PS1/N64 and below will definitely work though.

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Mnementh on 12 February 2018

vivster said:
Cool stuff. Dunno how much that means for running unsigned software.

Linux is unsigned software, so it runs unsigned software. And if one software runs you can run everything else too.

There might be a problem to work with the GPU. Dunno how well the Tegra is supported by Linux-drivers.

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I hate this guy...

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S.Peelman on 12 February 2018

Why do people always want Linux on everything anyways.

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ratchet426 on 12 February 2018

S.Peelman said:
Why do people always want Linux on everything anyways.

They don't. That's just the altruistic cover story. What they really want is a way to pirate games for the Switch.

The other favorite cover story for would-be pirates is "As a consumer I should be able to make an archival copy of my games to protect my legally purchased games/apps." Same bulls**t, different twist.

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Conina on 12 February 2018

Barkley said:

hunter_alien said:
Can we haz PSP and SNES emulatorz nou?

A Standard Tegra X1 will run a PSP emulator no problem, the CPU downclock from 1.9ghz to 1ghz in the Switch might pose a problem for PSP emulation, dunno.

Sorry, what? Much slower mobile SoCs than a downclocked Tegra X1 can handle the PPSSPP emulator in full speed (original PSP performance or better).

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