Once a Nintendo update bricked my console. Black screen of death after a brief moment of Nintendo logo. The console was on, the fan was spinning, but that’s all.

It’s a v1 console, and it booted into Hekate and CFW no problems. So after following a video on YT, I was able to reflash the whole device with the latest firmware.

It works now flawlessly, tho always a bit butt clentching when there’s new update. I play online with it a lot on OFW, not even using the CFW for anything. (I have a chipped Lite for all my hacking desires.)

I contacted Nintendo what the fuck is this (prior I think I got shadowbanned in Animal Crossing as well since no online features worked in game), we had shared some emails and that’s it. They just ghosted me.

So, if this is the case, people SHOULD hack their Switches, just to have a way to emergency restore their consoles.

Ah, alright. That’s pretty shitty.

Though it’s still not the wisest to use these open wifi networks. Their firewall did a favor tor you IMO. 😄

I mean, you run your own firewall (that’s what I got from the title) amongst I assume other privacy controlling measures (tho it’s really just an assumption) and also wanna use a public network of a goddamn shopping center…

are you really surprised?

What is it about this new console that’s better than any other consoles?

It’s the only console that runs the latest Mario Kart.

for newcomers, maybe this is the best combo. Debian stable with KDE Plasma.

that’s weird, too, but no

Ken (as the name) - ta (with a hard T and A as in catapult) - ur (with an u like in Vonnegut’s name)

tho I’m from europe speaking a weird ass language

and even then, for me at least, the dialog that pops up is broken and lot of times the “Allow” button literally does nothing

I just scratched my balls…

…for the glory of The Empire, of course.

he shall come anyway

Ah, alrighty, thanks the quick response! 😊

lol

okay, you caught me, my .world profile was supposed to be my non-furry lemmy account.

e621 dump

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

With Termux on Android, it’s possible to install Debian in a proot environment.

More about this here: https://github.com/termux/proot-distro

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.

I’m the other way around. I switched to Debian on my main around a year ago now and I’m like “oh, this game works, and this game works too, oh and that works as well, wow!”. Honestly, any game I threw at Debian, it just… worked. Granted, I don’t play very recent games and most of them either single player or does not have any serious anti cheat measures. Even VR works with ALVR and Steam VR, wirelessly on my (or rather my homie’s, just borrowed) Quest 2.

And not just games, a lot of Windows software just works with Wine.

So, before the change, I thought I need or use Windows exclusive software, and I did, but all of them are now have decent alternatives. Maybe except for Notepad++. (I use Kate and KWrite, but… I really don’t like those softwares, but they get the job done the same way np++ did)

So, I’m really surprised how well this past 1 year went without any issue.

But that’s kinda valid that if something doesn’t run, then people won’t change. You are talking about people who doesn’t care libre/FOSS software and all that jazz, they won’t change if it’s just simply worse.

In this case, this should be the only acceptable explanation.

it’s 2025 and having a freaking CTRL key on soft keyboards is still a luxury and obscure thing.

Why? Give us the CTRL key, and that’s that.

Well, to be frank, I don’t really like that style. But wouldn’t matter; new Mother!