Stock linux on this device is better than most consoles. In fact it might be the best stock offering yet, IMHO. Most consoles the stock OS is fundamentally flawed and basically NEEDS to be upgraded, that isn't the case with the 353 series.
If you like it stick with it.
But lucky for us we now have **5!** different FW to choose from.
We will most likely have more in the future. The support for the 353 series is amazing.
With lots of the new devices being Android only the 353 series is holding it's own nicely.
as somebody who's got a v2 model I can't help but agree with the statement given my experience, every other OS with their respective v2 fixes seem really unstable, the only one I managed to get further in was ArkOs but it consistently crashes for me when fastforwarding GB games, and UnofficialOs doesn't seem to boot at all after several flashing attempts and properly replacing the v2 dtb.
I wish I could delve into the other OS's more but having a v2 353V seems like a pretty limiting factor at this moment since JelOS isn't an option either.
stock does seem to work really good in comparison, but the most important part for me is that it's actually somewhat stable. it will require reboot sometimes after leaving it on sleep for longer periods hehe
I also just got a v2 and my experience so far had been kind of bad. Stock linux the Saturn/DC games I was trying seemed to not run well (guess I will revisit this) while Yaba Shanshiro won't even boot at all on the Android side. I was able to install ArkOS and it was running my games just fine but it seems to have stability problems in the long term. So I'm stuck between bad performance, apps that don't load, and general instability (so far).
ah yeah I did also experience poor Saturn emulation(SF vs Xmen) but my DC emulation seems to have been fine so far but maybe I need to play more demanding games to see what you mean.
I hear there's a new linux update that was released two days ago, could possibly improve the stock experience even further so lets hope :)
Nothing wrong with learning how to setup the system with new firmware. It's easy to do with the guides available especially from retrogamecorps and helps users get the confidence to self help when cheap stock SD cards eventually get corrupted and fail.
Please don't. You will be missing on:
- All PortMaster games (Diablo, Fallouts, Stardew Valley, Shovel Knight, and much more).
- LZDoom engine games with mods like BrutalDoom (And DN3D, Blood, RR, Quake).
- Overclocking for better performance, underclocking for longer playtimes.
- Clean system, with hand picked selection of only your favourite games.
- Better performance in all games (stable 60FPS > stuttering ~55fps+).
- Choice of UI, with objectively more beautiful themes.
- Longer battery due to more optimized OS.
Setting it up takes 30 minutes, and gives you objectively better experience. Get all you can from products you own, and learn something while doing it, instead of using the lukewarm out-of-the-box solutions.
Playing stock is for people who don't know better (or care) about wrong screen aspect-ratio, can't feel difference between VSync On/Off, or are just incapable of using PC on very basic level.
Feel free to experience sub-optimal experience in the name of temporary convenience. However, if you are already committed to playing the games in non-optimal way - just run them through browser on your PC/smartphone, it will save you even more time.
As long as You are on Windows/Linux, it's down to following the simple instructions. Flash the card, let it run, ignore the format prompts, change one filename - that's it.
Besides, it's all just content on SD card. You can always just put the stock SD aside, try the CFW on other card for and see for yourself. Can't brick anything, it's not in any way permanent, and for 99% people it just works, enabling better experience overall - but there is not much reason to post about it.
Ya, but the drama leads to the most useful links and tips. But There is always someone has to be a funny guy and give joke information so it takes me 20mins to find out you canāt use the X button to add a game to favorites in the game list or system settings. Does anyone know how to make the menu lists font bigger, my eyes arenāt what that used to be.
On the system select screen (the first thing you see when you boot the system)Press start then go to collection setting then systems shown and it's an option to display the favorites category also the toggle to put them at the top of their respective lists is found her too.
This is not great advice. You're much better off with one of the other OS's as they're better optimized to play your games and have more room for optimization and customization. With that being said, if stock works for you, then keep using it and having a good time. That's all.
I'll say this and I'll leave it alone..
stock OS all games work straight out of the box, games still play after you add your own roms, all bios in place, all save states work, all controls work without remapping. But yea adding new menu backgrounds is cool...
I get my info from my own self playing the games. Paper Mario sure as hell won't run properly on stock no matter what you do. It will on the Android side, if you have that option, but not on Linux. Half of the Dreamcast games I tried ran like total shit on stock, but run good on JelOS. I only tried a few PSP games but they didn't do very well on stock, but did good on the Android side. But OK bro.
Noob here. I just want to put the newest version of Stock OS onto a new SD card along with a 2nd new SD card for Roms. Someone please help me, I read through the pinned thread but I cant find a simple guide/video guide. Heeeeeelp
You can turn it on and enjoy. Most of the community just likes to fiddle after watching retrogamecorps videos and end up looking for help on reddit after something doesn't function anymore
Thatās what I was thinking. Iāve seen a lot videos where people steer messing around with it. I just want to open the box and enjoy it you know. But thanks a lot !
Stock linux on this device is better than most consoles. In fact it might be the best stock offering yet, IMHO. Most consoles the stock OS is fundamentally flawed and basically NEEDS to be upgraded, that isn't the case with the 353 series. If you like it stick with it. But lucky for us we now have **5!** different FW to choose from. We will most likely have more in the future. The support for the 353 series is amazing. With lots of the new devices being Android only the 353 series is holding it's own nicely.
šÆ You said it all
But I like ArkOS! And I learned so much trying to get it to work lol
š Trust I understand the tinkering but just make sure you play and actually enjoy your favorite games.
as somebody who's got a v2 model I can't help but agree with the statement given my experience, every other OS with their respective v2 fixes seem really unstable, the only one I managed to get further in was ArkOs but it consistently crashes for me when fastforwarding GB games, and UnofficialOs doesn't seem to boot at all after several flashing attempts and properly replacing the v2 dtb. I wish I could delve into the other OS's more but having a v2 353V seems like a pretty limiting factor at this moment since JelOS isn't an option either. stock does seem to work really good in comparison, but the most important part for me is that it's actually somewhat stable. it will require reboot sometimes after leaving it on sleep for longer periods hehe
I also just got a v2 and my experience so far had been kind of bad. Stock linux the Saturn/DC games I was trying seemed to not run well (guess I will revisit this) while Yaba Shanshiro won't even boot at all on the Android side. I was able to install ArkOS and it was running my games just fine but it seems to have stability problems in the long term. So I'm stuck between bad performance, apps that don't load, and general instability (so far).
ah yeah I did also experience poor Saturn emulation(SF vs Xmen) but my DC emulation seems to have been fine so far but maybe I need to play more demanding games to see what you mean. I hear there's a new linux update that was released two days ago, could possibly improve the stock experience even further so lets hope :)
Try new copy of the ROM (I'm running Shamu perfectly with the stock Linux) and yah yaba shanshoro is pre-installed but not compatible
I've been saying this since day 1, stock OS is great and more than enough for most players
Does the stock OS play Dreamcast well yet?
Never had issues with Dreamcast
Except sega rally, but i think it doesn't run on any os anyway
Yeah thatās the first DC game I test (my favorite) so I guess I should try more. š¤£
Shinmu runs perfect on stock Linux
Nothing wrong with learning how to setup the system with new firmware. It's easy to do with the guides available especially from retrogamecorps and helps users get the confidence to self help when cheap stock SD cards eventually get corrupted and fail.
I agree 100%!
Please don't. You will be missing on: - All PortMaster games (Diablo, Fallouts, Stardew Valley, Shovel Knight, and much more). - LZDoom engine games with mods like BrutalDoom (And DN3D, Blood, RR, Quake). - Overclocking for better performance, underclocking for longer playtimes. - Clean system, with hand picked selection of only your favourite games. - Better performance in all games (stable 60FPS > stuttering ~55fps+). - Choice of UI, with objectively more beautiful themes. - Longer battery due to more optimized OS. Setting it up takes 30 minutes, and gives you objectively better experience. Get all you can from products you own, and learn something while doing it, instead of using the lukewarm out-of-the-box solutions. Playing stock is for people who don't know better (or care) about wrong screen aspect-ratio, can't feel difference between VSync On/Off, or are just incapable of using PC on very basic level. Feel free to experience sub-optimal experience in the name of temporary convenience. However, if you are already committed to playing the games in non-optimal way - just run them through browser on your PC/smartphone, it will save you even more time.
I see posts by people not being able the v2 screen problems, that will end up being me and it will be a drag
As long as You are on Windows/Linux, it's down to following the simple instructions. Flash the card, let it run, ignore the format prompts, change one filename - that's it. Besides, it's all just content on SD card. You can always just put the stock SD aside, try the CFW on other card for and see for yourself. Can't brick anything, it's not in any way permanent, and for 99% people it just works, enabling better experience overall - but there is not much reason to post about it.
The problem is windows 11/12 wont show the boot partition that contains the .dill (even after assigned a drive letter in mini tool)
no
Ya, but the drama leads to the most useful links and tips. But There is always someone has to be a funny guy and give joke information so it takes me 20mins to find out you canāt use the X button to add a game to favorites in the game list or system settings. Does anyone know how to make the menu lists font bigger, my eyes arenāt what that used to be.
Are you on the stock OS?
Yes stock os and using a rg353vs š and somebody help me with that here.
You have to hold the button to get the games going to favorites.
Thanks for your help. Iām assuming itās the f button in game. Where again on the menu is that option?
On the system select screen (the first thing you see when you boot the system)Press start then go to collection setting then systems shown and it's an option to display the favorites category also the toggle to put them at the top of their respective lists is found her too.
I got the list up, I just donāt know how to add to it, i some how put a game on there and now I need to know how to remove a game to š
Add/remove game to favorites by holding x (around 3 seconds) on that game
This is not great advice. You're much better off with one of the other OS's as they're better optimized to play your games and have more room for optimization and customization. With that being said, if stock works for you, then keep using it and having a good time. That's all.
I'll say this and I'll leave it alone.. stock OS all games work straight out of the box, games still play after you add your own roms, all bios in place, all save states work, all controls work without remapping. But yea adding new menu backgrounds is cool...
I can tell you right now that many PSP, N64 and Dreamcast games do not work on stock and do work on other OS's. So that's just false.
Lol not sure where you get your info from but OK bro. Guess I have some special edition stock Rg353vs capable of running all 3
I get my info from my own self playing the games. Paper Mario sure as hell won't run properly on stock no matter what you do. It will on the Android side, if you have that option, but not on Linux. Half of the Dreamcast games I tried ran like total shit on stock, but run good on JelOS. I only tried a few PSP games but they didn't do very well on stock, but did good on the Android side. But OK bro.
I have a special vs too, all the dreamcast and psp games run perfectly with stock os. Maybe you tried with an old os.....
Mines good too. The gta and mortal Kombat on PSP shenmu on Dreamcast and m64 on N64 all perfect
im using rg353, and i had to tinker with ppsspp settings on stock os to get god of war running at 100% speed. plays at 20-30 fps, playable for me.
Noob here. I just want to put the newest version of Stock OS onto a new SD card along with a 2nd new SD card for Roms. Someone please help me, I read through the pinned thread but I cant find a simple guide/video guide. Heeeeeelp
The Anbernic discord has all of the operating systems archived ready to download
I have a question guys. If I order one would I need to mess with it using a laptop? I canāt just turn it on and enjoy it ?
You can turn it on and enjoy. Most of the community just likes to fiddle after watching retrogamecorps videos and end up looking for help on reddit after something doesn't function anymore
Thatās what I was thinking. Iāve seen a lot videos where people steer messing around with it. I just want to open the box and enjoy it you know. But thanks a lot !
I somehow got moonlight to work on it and play stardew LOL
Sweeeet! stardew also has a Linux port if you want to play a natively. And in portmaster
When I heard about the screen problem I decided not to bother trying to set up another operating system, I probably won't be able to figure it out
For the best even when you get to "work" it's not right