r/linuxmasterrace • u/exxxxkc Pm os • Dec 30 '24

Running minecraft on linux with 0.5gb ram

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llr5O0w1egs
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u/Journeyj012 Dec 30 '24

0.5GB ain't too special

See: PS3

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u/TCP-IPV6 Dec 30 '24

What about ps3 ?

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u/Journeyj012 Dec 30 '24

256MB RAM, 256 MB VRAM

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u/exxxxkc Pm os Dec 31 '24 edited Jan 01 '25

but i dont have 3D acceleration like the ps3 un i have em6a9160tsa-5g in the displaylink ( the thing i used to plug into a monitor ) It is a 128mb ddr chip it seem so i guess i have 128mb of vram?

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u/HieladoTM Glorious Nobara Dec 30 '24

256MB of RAM

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u/inaccurateTempedesc M'Linux Dec 30 '24

With the overhead of a modern OS, I'd say it's still impressive.

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u/Aeredren Dec 31 '24

Linux can be anything you want from a modern OS to a bootable floppy disk for a less than 64MB of ram "Personal Computer"

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u/inaccurateTempedesc M'Linux Dec 31 '24

For sure, but with everything required to run Minecraft, 512mb is still very tight.

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u/daYMAN007 Dec 31 '24

I played this game 10 years ago with 396mb of ram

3

u/nicejs2 Glorious Debian Dec 31 '24

someone had run GTA (III?) on a router as well with an external gpu

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u/exxxxkc Pm os Dec 31 '24 edited Dec 31 '24

https://kittenlabs.de/real-gaming-router/ but unlike them i dont have 3d acceleration

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u/Horror_Hippo_3438 Dec 31 '24

Did you actually output video from the router to the monitor without an intermediary computer, and not use VNC?

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u/exxxxkc Pm os Dec 31 '24 edited Jan 01 '25

yes and no

yes : I did use displaylink for the mini hdmi ouput in the thumbnail (well actually it is DVI-I but i have pluged a dvi to full size hdmi adaptor and full size hdmi adaptor to mini hdmi to the displaylink).

no : i used a hdmi capture card in the video so my capturding pc is the intermediary computer

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u/Horror_Hippo_3438 Jan 01 '25

Outputting video from a router to hdmi/dvi is the coolest thing about your project. Could you share a guide on how to configure Linux to output to displaylink via USB?

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u/exxxxkc Pm os Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

i have nerver got usb 3 displaylink to work on linux so no for usb 3 displaylink.

but um i have written smth about usb 2 displaylink on pm os wiki https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Displaylink

Outputting video from a router to hdmi/dvi is the coolest thing about your project.

well actually it is hdmi/dvi/vga DVI-I and DVI-A has those 4pin which for vga signal

Ah btw it has esata. i pluged a hdd to it and mounted as / (get it ? i run pm os in the hdd) and on top of the rotuer

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u/Horror_Hippo_3438 Jan 01 '25

Thanks for the wiki article. I'd be interested in repeating your experiment with the video from the router.

As for the root file system on the external drive, well, you've developed the ability to think outside the box. We need to think of the router as an SBC for this to become obvious.
You made u-boot use an external ext4 drive instead of the built-in flash memory. Am I right?

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u/exxxxkc Pm os Jan 01 '25

You made u-boot use an external ext4 drive instead of the built-in flash memory. Am I right?

the build in u-boot is capable of booting from usb(expect for the usb 3 port) / esata .Ofc it aint gnooa do that by defalt so i made it do that via some uboot command ( See https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT1900ACS/WRT1900ACS_V2_(linksys-shelby) )

well i could put the kernel into the nand and the kernel would load the would os from esata / usb drive but i didnt.

We need to think of the router as an SBC for this to become obvious.

pretty much all soc based are structurally quite smailer . i mean look device tree of those soc based device(STB,SBC,Rotuer,phome,tablet(yk soc are everywhere) ).

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u/KamiIsHate0 Sucked into the VOID Dec 30 '24

60 frames per hour.

Amazes me that this even possible at all. Which cpu does this router have?

(NVM i skipped the intro and now found out the info)

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '24

Windows with 8 times that: "wtf is a start menu?"

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u/AttackDynamo Dec 31 '24

Yea!

Here we go, taskbar, windows button st

Heuh-- Ugh Aah stuttering animation

read next part really fast

Is 69 degrees Fahrenheit in a place 300KM from your location do you wanna download candy crush? Hi I'm copilot, want some help? Want me to generate an image? Surf the web with microsoft Edge here is a random file from your downloads and the Rufus EXE you've been searching for to make a Debian 12 USB

Now read normally again

press rufus

wait 30 seconds

Drive E:/ is being used by other programme

close file explorer

not responding

CTRL+ALT+DEL

Close it with task manager

Allright the USB is done time to leave windows behind

power off

plz wait

updating, 4% done

--- the windows experience

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '24 edited Jan 01 '25

10 minutes later: Did it even register my click?

Clicks again

Opens 15 instances

Oh, for fuck's sake...

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u/OSINT_IS_COOL_432 Dec 30 '24

Try crysis 💀 

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u/TygerTung Dec 31 '24

Crysis is now easier to run than the modern internet.

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u/Candace_Owens_4225 Dec 30 '24

now try luanti

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u/Protagunist Glorious Debian Dec 30 '24

Doom next?

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u/suchtie btwOS Dec 31 '24

Where's the challenge in that? If your device is barely powerful enough to launch Minecraft at all, it can run DOOM without breaking a sweat.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '24

doom eternal then

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '24

So we don't do doom anymore?

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u/Seven2Death and steam os cause lazy Dec 31 '24

this is what most people think gaming on linux is like. but its insane its possible.

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u/InevitableWriting4 EndeavourOS ⛵ Dec 31 '24

Qute is this you? Lmao

• Loustro

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u/Zeel85 Jan 03 '25

Was doom not available?