One of the biggest hurdles Duo has faced repeatedly is dealing with globally exclusive applications like Steam.
Until now, we had been using a known hidden Steam command-line parameter to work around t...
2025-03-14 20:46:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I originally hoped to have all of this ready for New Year’s Eve, but debugging took way longer than expected.
A lot of this post will focus on this update's new and improved sandbox suppor...
2025-01-21 16:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
As I'm writing this newsletter I feel horrible.
I wanted to bring you all exciting news, I hoped I'd be way further than I currently am, but there really isn't much I can say at this point other than...
2024-12-22 01:48:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Whether I want to admit it or not, I haven't been the same since my bout with pneumonia at the end of last year.
While I have improved, I still experience frequent lung-related issues that require medical attenti...
2024-10-05 17:35:35 +0000 UTC View Post
In the last newsletter, I gave you all a small peek behind the curtain as to why hardware acceleration in GarlicOS will be landing later than expected.
Since then, I've spent a lot of time chasing red ...
2024-08-13 19:34:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Those who have been with me for a while know that I'm the kind of person who prefers to work in silence, come out of hiding every once in a while to drop a release, and then go straight back to working in silence ...
2024-06-29 11:17:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I've finally been able to get my hands on one of these, and I am happy to confirm that the existing RG35XX+ bootloader wor...
2024-05-25 14:57:06 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been a while since the last public update of GarlicOS, and I want to use this chance to say thank you for your continued support and patience.
The reason for the delay is simple: I'm a single man, w...
2024-05-04 14:11:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This last year was an eventful one.
Last year, I released GarlicOS 1.0 as an early Christmas present to express my gratitude for all the support people have shown me over the years.
A lot has happened since then, but the core message stays the same:
Duo is an HDR-compatible, headless, bare-metal, multi-seat streaming server based around TermWrap, 2023-10-03 09:44:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Those that follow my Twitter are already well aware that I am trying to bring GarlicOS to a variety of devices both new and old.
This newsletter will try to give you a closer in-depth...
2023-08-04 13:43:50 +0000 UTC View Post
This application will build the base for most, if not all, future RG405M distributions.
By installing this APK on your RG405M and running it, your device will gain the ability to boot from MicroSD cards by executing a button sequence on cold...
2023-04-13 22:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This package allows you to unbrick your RG405M after a failed flash / bad tinker.
If this happened to you, or you just want to reset your unit to a guaranteed fresh installation of Anbernic's stock V1.15 software (after installing a custom f...
2023-04-12 20:37:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Say hello to GarlicOS for RG35XX!
It's a fast & easy to understand operating system that should make Miyoo Mini / OnionOS users feel right at home with its similar look & feel!
Think of it as the natural evolution of my previou...
2022-12-30 20:39:54 +0000 UTC View Post
This bundle brings RetroArch to the Anbernic RG35XX, replacing the rather limited stock OS.
Don't get me wrong, this build is rough around all edges, far from perfect in fact, but it runs laps around what shipped stock, so do yourse...
2022-12-18 05:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's an early Christmas present for all those Anbernic RG353P, RG353V and RG353M users out there!
This brings Android 12 to the RK356X SoC along with the usual goodies all of you have come to expect from my builds by now.
For a detai...
2022-12-06 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Playing Windows games on a portable device has always been something people wanted. Up until now you only had two options:
It's been a good while since I last wrote one of these, damn, it's been nearly a year in fact.
I told myself I'd be writing more of these newsletters, but somehow I always find myself too busy to really sit down and do it.
The market h...
2022-08-30 20:25:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This took longer than expected (life has been busy), but here it is: Android 12 for the PowKiddy X18S!
This build should take care of most of the issues that plagued the X18S crowd like Magisk soft-bricks, R3/L3 mapping, shoulder button ergo...
2022-07-23 17:55:08 +0000 UTC View Post
It took a bit of work, but we now have a working Widevine L3 HAL for Android 11 and performance parity with Android 9!
This means all pending overclocking-related tweaks have been ported over from Android 9 in full (including little-cluster,...
2022-06-05 01:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot of you wanted Android 11 on RG552, but ended up preferring Android 9 in the end for one reason or another. (Hey, its your choice, all the power to you!)
Due to technical limitations (bootloader requirements, etc) it is necessa...
2022-05-27 20:11:30 +0000 UTC View Post
This update hopes to address all of the reported issues from the previous build, as well as streamline the update process a bit more.
Streaming service & dual-boot users should be the happiest bunch here with the EXFAT & EXT4 MicroSD...
2022-05-21 20:04:03 +0000 UTC View Post
No use over-explaining things here: This build provides pretty much all the features the previous builds had on offer, but runs on top of Android 11 with Google Play support built-in.
It also adds a bunch of new drivers for USB WiFi & BT...
2022-05-13 18:09:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This time around I bring you several bugfixes, a handful of performance improvements, proper 16:9 HDMI output without black bars, dismiss-able MicroSD card notifications and a new toggle to force portrait-only apps into landscape mode.
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2022-03-27 01:15:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Turns out that some applications don't set the proper color profile when initializing the hardware decoder (Parsec & XBOX game pass are two offenders).
This causes freezes, or in the case of Parsec, crashes.
The OMX libraries have ...
2022-03-20 01:57:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The (now-redundant) L1+R1+Y/X/A navigation shortcuts got removed as they interfered with games like Loco Roco.
And we fixed a XBOX game pass issue that caused a black bar on the right-hand side of the screen to pop up during game streams. 2022-03-19 17:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Sleep mode finally works the way it should, gamepad buttons no longer wake the device from sleep, RTC alarms have been disabled (saving a ton of battery) and the audio regulator is now disabled in sleep mode (saving some more battery).
Oh, a...
2022-03-15 21:28:56 +0000 UTC View Post
This updates fixes a variety of reported issues.
Please take a look at the changelog below for a full list of changes!
How to install: Unpack the attached files using 7zip and follow the included instructi...
2022-03-12 12:55:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I didn't expect to see so many people show interest in the WiFi 5GHz & BT upgrade... just an hour after releasing the last build brookystech got in touch with me concerning a seemingly bad WiFi module.
Turns out some of the OEM re-brands...
2022-03-11 03:09:20 +0000 UTC View Post