The Switchroot project has announced the release of Ubuntu 24.04, designed for loading on Nintendo Switch gaming consoles based on the Tegra X1 SoC (Switch 2017, Switch 2019, Switch Lite, and Switch OLED). In addition to Ubuntu, the Switchroot project also provides Fedora 39, Lakka 5.0, and LineageOS 18.1 builds for the Nintendo Switch. Loading is performed from an SD card using the hekate bootloader (RCM is used to bypass the lock). Additional components developed by the project are distributed under the Apache 2.0 license.
Supported graphical interfaces include KDE Plasma and Unity (GNOME builds are delayed due to touchscreen issues and performance problems with fullscreen output when using X11 on ARM64 systems). Additional software can be installed using L4T-Megascript scripts, the Pi-Apps repository (about 200 programs), or packages in Flatpak format. The standard package manager APT is used for distribution updates.
Supported features include pairing with Nintendo Switch Pro, GameCube, Dualshock 4, X-Box One, and Joy-Con controllers, overclocking of CPU, GPU, and memory, USB-C support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DisplayPort/HDMI, light sensor, sound, touchscreen, eMMC/SD, Tegra GPU drivers supporting Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenGLES, EGL, and CUDA, hardware acceleration for video decoding (in SMPV Player, ffmpeg, mpv, and chromium-browser), and deep sleep mode. NFC and infrared port (IR) are not supported.
Source: opennet.ru
