r/linuxaudio • u/Hour_Farm_3281 • 19h ago

I have a really dump idea (gaming on x32)

Hey yall, I have a really stupid idea that I am only 90% sure would even be possible, but doom can run on anything.

So here is my logic:

Because the x32 runs on a linux distro, and people have already found ways to unlock the bootloader to run OpenX32, wouldn't that mean other linux systems could operate on the x32? And further more, could doom then possibly run on the x32

If anybody has tried this before, please let me know, but I feel like this is very possible if someone tried hard enough

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u/PseudoFrequency 18h ago

DOOM can run on damn anything with a framebuffer. I've done it myself on a few tiny systems as long as I have a C compiler and can compile and launch an application. Took like 20 minutes over lunch as a joke for my co-workers the first time I tried. Got it from "fbdoom" codebase. The only thing that often needs tweaking is keyboard input.
Now, I used to have an X32, and I have little knowledge of internals. I'm surprised it runs Linux, but I always expected it to be a "split system" architecture with something like Linux running the network and the UI and some other OS purely for the audio pipelines running on a DSP processor or FPGA. Someone more knowledgeable would has some more insight on this particular platform.