Lakka Switch, L4T edition
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I am proud to finally release the L4T version of Lakka Switch!
New kernel, new logo, new drivers, audio... everything is fresh and clean.

Did I mention Rayman 3 was full speed on Dolphin? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

General system updates

• New Linux kernel and underlying operating system, based on Linux4Tegra and Jetson Nano drivers
  • mainline kernel has been deprecated
  • system features should now be on par with the L4T Ubuntu distribution, except for dock support
  • Bluetooth was lost in the battle and needs some rest to come back stronger
• aarch64 is now the default and mainly supported architecture
  • arm has been deprecated since L4T doesn't support it
• New logo made with the help of jaames and the R:S community

New features and improvements

• Audio now works through the internal speakers and headphones
• The new GPU driver supports both Vulkan and OpenGL
• RAM is now locked at full speed (1600Mhz), was 800MHz before
• The system is now way more stable and should boot for everyone with a decent SD card (no more black screen of death)
• RetroArch has been updated to add menu widgets (fancy onscreen notifications)
• Overclock profiles have been updated :
  • Renamed all profiles
  • Added more overclock profiles
  • Added underclock profiles

New cores

• mupen64plus-next (N64 emulator)
  • The core is full speed, even on aarch64 thanks to the new dynarec
  • Includes the updated version of the GlideN renderer
• picodrive (various Sega consoles)
  • The core replaces Genesis Plus GX (Game Gear support has been dropped)
• Beetle PSX HW (PSX emulator with OpenGL and Vulkan renderer)
  • The core performs worse than PCSX ReARMed for now, even with Vulkan
• reicast (Dreamcast emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games, no visual glitches
  • The OIT renderer works (better accuracy), speed is still good on 1x resolution
  • The core needs the Dreamcast BIOS files to be placed in /lakka/storage/system/DC
  • WinCE games are currently not supported - there is a WinCE version of the reicast core in the works but the aarch64 dynarec is too slow for the games to be playable (for now)
• Yaba Sanshiro (Saturn emulator)
  • The core is full speed on all commercial games
  • Yabause and Kronos were also added but both perform worse than Yaba Sanshiro
• theodore (Thomson MO/TO emulator)

Updated cores

• Dolphin : Vulkan support
  • With Vulkan, Dolphin runs decently - some games are playable, some are full speed... see for yourself, try it and experiment with different games and settings!
• PCSX ReARMed : Switch optimizations and CHD support
• PPSSPP : doesn't crash anymore when closing content

Removed cores

• mupen64plus
• parallel-n64
• Genesis Plus GX
• Ishiiruka
  • It might come back once the core is updated with the (beta) Vulkan renderer

Credits

• Kernel and drivers work: NVIDIA, switchroot team (especially ByLaws and langerhans)
• Lakka Switch work: natinusala and plaidman
• RetroArch, original Lakka distribution: libretro team
• mupen64plus-next: Gillou and m4xw
• PCSX ReARMed: Switch optimizations by m4xw, CHD support by aliaspider
• Dolphin core: aliaspider
• reicast core: flyinghead

Download link

The Lakka Switch website has been updated with the new version: https://lakka-switch.github.io/documentation/

Please note that you can't dual boot Ubuntu and Lakka Switch for now (it will always boot Ubuntu).

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Honestly, probably both lol but overclocking is still below the hardware spec of the CPU isn't it? Nintendo underclocked it from Factory didn't they??

Switch’s CPU is rated for 1.7ghz, highest overclock is 2ghz

 

[iriez]

fuck, yea.

 

[TR_mahmutpek]

Great job! Btw lakka suppports exfat sd cards?

 

[natinusala]

Great job! Btw lakka suppports exfat sd cards?

No, and actually I should add it to the FAQ, good call

 

[kevandkkim]

No, and actually I should add it to the FAQ, good call

With the 1.2 update on Ubuntu L4T, @bylaws added functionality to boot both Lakka and Ubuntu from the same SD.

 

[crow132]

With the 1.2 update on Ubuntu L4T, @bylaws added functionality to boot both Lakka and Ubuntu from the same SD.

but, how to do so?

 

[kevandkkim]

but, how to do so?

When booting with hekate you either choose L4T for Ubuntu or Lakka for Lakka, unless nati changed something in the latest build.

 

[parkerlreed]

• • The core replaces Genesis Plus GX (Game Gear support has been dropped)

Why Picodrive? The Switch should be more than capable enough for GenPlusGX

 

[sirAnger]

Why Picodrive? The Switch should be more than capable enough for GenPlusGX

GenPlusGX had a segfault issue in some audio driver. Perhaps a compile flag will fix it, or maybe the author of that emu might need to fix it on his end. We saw that picodrive worked so we decided to shelve it for now. It is next on my list to poke around with though.

 

[Xabring]

So I can now transform a Switch into a bonna-fide Ubuntu tablet? welp, these are some elite hacks bro!

 

[Darth Meteos]

g'bye horizon

 

[Joshifer34]

Dolphin. Is that a wii or GC? I wanted to play twilight princess

 

[EmulateLife]

Sorry for being a noob but how do you get cores? Do you need to connect to the internet somehow or is there a place to download them off the internet?

 

[Deathscreton]

Dolphin. Is that a wii or GC? I wanted to play twilight princess

Dolphin is both. Let us know how TP works though, I'm not sure how Wii games would work handheld.

 

[sirAnger]

Sorry for being a noob but how do you get cores? Do you need to connect to the internet somehow or is there a place to download them off the internet?

the package comes with all available cores. If you want to add more, you'll need to compile it yourself.

 

[Sayora]

Is there a way to make the deprecated versions each use a different folder? I'd like to be able to switch between them and the new one without having to rename folders

 

[normal19]

Does this have mame2010

There's a some older games in it that mame2003plus doesn't have

 

[ZachyCatGames]

Is there a way to make the deprecated versions each use a different folder? I'd like to be able to switch between them and the new one without having to rename folders

why... L4T is superior to the old one in literally every way

 

[EmulateLife]

Cool, just need to finish transferring my saturn roms then it's time to play Panzer Dragoon Saga!

 

[Sayora]

why... L4T is superior to the old one in literally every way

Because I like messing around with old versions of things and also 200 fps psx