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Phoronix: Windows 11 vs. Linux Gaming Performance On The ASUS ROG Ally Review (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Very interesting to see that Windows 11 is slightly ahead of Ubuntu. Clearly the Ubuntu experience isn't that polished yet, as there are various driver issues. Still very interesting comparison. I sort of can't believe you can play Cyberpunk on this thing.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is controlling such a small device / screen complicated? Do you use an external mouse / keyboard? I'm quite interested in getting one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's definitely not as nice as the Steam Deck because the Deck has touchpads. The Ally has a mode where the controller can act as a mouse but it's not great, and it requires the ROG software to switch between mouse and gamepad modes. Otherwise you're stuck with the touchscreen. I would recommend mouse and keyboard if you're going to be doing anything other than running the SteamOS/Big Picture UI (or the ROG Ally UI, but it's not great).

On Linux, I made a program that can use a touchscreen as a mouse that should be able to work on any device with a touchscreen. I originally made it for the PinePhone so that I could click on things easier, but with a few tweaks it would probably work on the Ally for a pseudo-touchpad.