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posted by martyb on Tuesday February 13 2018, @04:50AM   Printer-friendly
from the switch-to-linux dept.

Nintendo hopes that "every single person" will own a Nintendo Switch, and that it can prolong the life cycle of the console to beyond 5-6 years.

Maybe Linux on Switch could help?

[Hacker] group Fail0verflow has claimed to have found a Nintendo Switch hack.

The group has posted the picture of Switch booting a Debian GNU/Linux installation. The picture also shows a serial adapter connected to one Joy-Con docks. Notably, Fail0verflow is the same group that hacked Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3.

What makes this Nintendo Switch hack special is that it can't be patched in the currently released consoles. This is because the exploit was found in the boot ROM process of Nvidia Tegra X1 chips that can't be patched with software or firmware updates.

That's not all. This hack to run Linux doesn't even need a mod chip to run.

Also at TechCrunch.

Previously: Nintendo Switch Homebrew Mode Coming Soon Due to NVIDIA Tegra X1 Exploit

Related: Nintendo to More Than Double Production of Switch; Success Rooted in Wii U's Failure
Nintendo Switch is Fastest-Selling US Home Console


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by anubi on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:58AM

    by anubi (2828) on Tuesday February 13 2018, @07:58AM (#637041) Journal

    I still buy stuff that's useful. My latest acquisitions have been power converter modules and Arduino interfaces.

    Now, if they put DRM in the power converters or Arduino interfaces, they become about as useful as light bulbs that fit sockets I do not have, or run on nonstandard voltages.

    New Light Bulb! Requires 38 volts AC, 384 Hz! But isn't any more efficient than what you have now... but you have our trademark on it! Show your friends! You have something they don't!

    These latest offerings are damn near useless to me. Why would I want something that I can't control? Would I buy a car that does not go where I steer it?

    From my chair, I see the Nintendo Switch as a live-in sales rep for Nintendo products in my home. I have no use for it, matter of fact, to me, it has a negative value. I never had an X-box either. Flat did not want one. Only good for one thing.... getting into my wallet.

    Side note:

    My daddy used to tell me if I was a naughty boy, Santa would bring me a can of switches. And I would ask for double-pole double throw ones.

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