Pico with linux embedded ? it's seem not a joke ...


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adcockm
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Joined: 03/05/2025
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Posted: 05:19am 19 Jun 2025      

Several folks have been using this in the PicoCalc for months, instead of a Pico/Pico2. MMBasic for Linux runs on it. And apparently retroarch is even capable of running some of the older/simpler arcade games and console systems at, or near, full speed. It helps that SDL is supported though I'm pretty sure there's no graphics acceleration on it. While it doesn't support WiFi or bluetooth directly, lots of USB dongles have been made to work by including the correct drivers and using the USB breakout adapter for it. And with a dongle, it can support both WiFi and Bluetooth. Flash drives and some other USB peripherals have been working too. It's got some issues supporting sound directy on the PicoCalc hardware, but otherwise it's a much more powerful option to the Pico.