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YES- I recently got a PinePhone and after distro hopping I felt the same way but couldn't put my finger on it. Somethings work in some distros (Mobian vs Manjaro) and it was really frustrating and its not immediately clear why it doesn't work- obviously people are working on it just not together. This is a good priority list that would help herd these cats!

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I have similar feelings about my retro handheld device (RGB10, an Odroid Go Advance knockoff). Yes, the fact that it works at all and is so cheap is pretty nifty, and no, I don't really expect any support from the kind of company making this type of device. But at the end of the day, when everything is such a jumble, with a fractured ecosystem of multiple OS options that all have their own little quirks and rough corners, it's hard to get too excited about investing a lot into it.

I'm currently using Lakka on it (using the Odroid Go Super image) without too much fuss, but I'm having trouble to run most N64 games on it (like it crashes back to the launcher). Super Mario 64 works well though.

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