u/Thwonp

Like its big brother TortOS, plorpOS is built around DAP functionality.

plorpOS now runs on TrimUI Brick/Hammer/Pro, GKD 350H Ultra, Anbernic RG SP, and with the latest release...

plorpOS nano for the RG Nano. It's an extremely pared down port plorp prioritizing simplicity, speed, and music playback. Music plays over gameplay and has in-game quick menu controls. Built overtop of DrUm78's image, replacing Gmenu2x and RetroFE frontends.

All devices support USB DACs (tested with my fiio ka13). All releases other than the nano support shaders, hotkeys, rewind/FF, and other QoL stuff. Nano uses DrUm78's picoarch so all in-game functionality you expect from that build is still there. All work great as a DAP with music as a priority feature.

Check it out: https://github.com/thwonp/plorpOS/releases

AI usage disclaimer: plorpOS code was primarily written by Claude Opus 5.5. Every commit, feature, bugfix, and design decision was hands-on directed+tested by me. I just wanted cool software on cool devices, if you have a strong opinion on this you are welcome to pass on by.

EDIT:

Just dropped a big update for the RG Nano build.
- All picoarch cores are updated to their latest libretro/upstream release as of today.
- Native PICO-8 is supported.
- Saves and Bios live in top level folders.
- Install is just a simple SD card flash now.

For a while, I've had my eye out for a decently priced flat screen CRT for retro gaming.

Found this on FB Marketplace, the new owner of Five Star Lanes is gutting the place and has 7-8 more JVC I'Art 32" CRTs that are bound for a landfill. The post seemed sketchy but Lucky is a nice guy, and everything was above board.

The set I picked up was pretty grimy but is cleaning up nicely and works great. Lower quality sets are selling for $300+

Over the past few weeks I've been working on porting NextUI to the Mini Zero 28.

I just released my latest Alpha build and am happy enough with it now to share for anyone who might want to test it out.

Please keep in mind that this is still in development, but the core functionality should have full feature parity with mainline NextUI, and I think I have all major bugs squashed.

Things that are still on the roadmap:

• Testing out community PAKs to see how they translate over to this build.
• Specifically, attempt to get Portmaster working.
• Clean up my fork to prepare for upstream PR.

https://github.com/thwonp/NextUI/releases/tag/zero28-20260523-2

I released my first pak! Currently it's only for the Brick, I'm working on getting my hands on a TSP + TSP-S to port it to those devices.

It supports full Plex Music library navigation+playback, offline album + favorites list downloads, OPUS transcoding (with Plex Pass), and more.

It's on the Pak store under Media, check it out!

https://github.com/thwonp/PlexMusicPak