2.0

Things are getting a bit better :)

You'll need to download:

• sd.img.gz
• exploit.tar.gz

Prepare an SD card:

• Unzip sd.img.gz
• Use a disk writing tool (e.g. dd or Etch) to write this image to an SD card (which it will completely destroy the existing contents of)
• Put the SD in your Switch

Boot Linux:

• Same hardware/software requirements as other fail0verflow based exploits (i.e. pyusb installed and an XHCI USB controller - e.g. any USB3.0 port)
• Trigger the Recovery Mode on your Switch:
  • Short pin 10 of the right joycon slot, to ground
  • Hold the Volume + button
  • Press the Power button
  • It works if you get a black screen. If you see a Nintendo logo, it didn't work
• Plug the Switch in to your Linux machine
• Extract exploit.tar.gz
• cd exploit/
• sudo ./boot_linux.sh

You will see some status messages and if all is well, a few seconds later a Linux console should appear, then a few seconds after that, the Xorg/Gnome interface will load.

When you need it, the username is switch and the password is switch. SSH is enabled by default (but note that to get WiFi working, you need to reboot and when the screen goes black, re-run sudo ./boot_linux.sh).

During that first boot, the root partition should expand itself to fill your SD card, and rotation is now correct in both the desktop session and the login screen.

1.0

This is a pretty rough release right now, but it should work.

You'll need to download:

• sd.img.gz
• exploit.tar.gz

Prepare an SD card:

• Unzip sd.img.gz
• Use a disk writing tool (e.g. dd or Etch) to write this image to an SD card (which it will completely destroy the existing contents of)
• Put the SD in your Switch

Boot Linux:

• Same hardware/software requirements as other fail0verflow based exploits (i.e. pyusb installed and an XHCI USB controller - e.g. any USB3.0 port)
• Trigger the Recovery Mode on your Switch:
• Short pin 10 of the right joycon slot, to ground
• Hold the Volume + button
• Press the Power button
• It works if you get a black screen. If you see a Nintendo logo, it didn't work
• Plug the Switch in to your Linux machine
• Extract exploit.tar.gz
• cd exploit/
• sudo ./boot_linux.sh

You will see some status messages and if all is well, a few seconds later a Linux console should appear, then a few seconds after that, the Xorg/Gnome interface will load (slowly).

The initial screen rotation will be wrong, but you can change that in the preferences (tap the very top right icon on the menubar, then choose the spanner/tool icon and find the display prefs)