The release of the OrangePi Neo gaming console, co-developed by Orange Pi and the Manjaro Linux distribution developer community, is scheduled for the first quarter of 2025. The device features a 7-inch display (1920 x 1200, 120Hz), an AMD Ryzen 7 7840U or 8840U CPU, 16GB or 32GB of RAM, an NVMe SSD ranging from 512GB to 2TB, two USB 4.0 ports, a 3.5mm audio port, a TF card slot, a touchpad, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, 2-watt speakers, a Hall Rocker joystick, and RGB backlighting. Dimensions are 259mm x 107mm x 19.9mm.
The device will come with a version of the Manjaro Gaming Edition distribution that supports atomic updates as the operating system. A composite Graphics rendering engine is used. server Gamescope based on the Wayland protocol is utilized for rendering. The interface for managing the device and launching games is built on the OpenGamepadUI shell, which runs on the Godot game engine. Input device interaction is facilitated through the InputPlumber background process.
To run games from the Steam catalog, the Steam Client is included. Compatibility with Windows-built games is achieved through the Proton package. In addition to the specialized shell, a full KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment will be available.
The cost of the console with the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD will be $499, while the option with the AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor will be $100 more expensive.
Source: opennet.ru
