The ROM in this case is only used for game assets, like maps, models, and textures. All the game logic in native code. This allows is to be easily modified to add in new features without trying to hack it into a 20 year old game/console.
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I haven't played it properly either. But there's a community mod called Deus Ex Revision (It's also on Steam). Which improves some of the graphics, and looks to include a bunch of QoL features.
Which apps are you referring to? Google and Apple's services have long been the default choice for notifications on mobile devices. Other options get killed off by battery optimization processes without special setup.
The page says it captures game audio only by default. But you can switch it to all audio if UPI want to capture something like external voice chat.
I know GrapheneOS implenents Contact Scopes so you can choose which contacts an app can see.
Bridge doesn't support the calendar yet from what I've heard.
You can get notifications in other profiles. However it'll be a generic "Profile X has a notification". Tapping it will swap profles, but not exactly seamless.
It's not that it's closed, it's more that none of the exiting email protocols support a server which can't read your email (as it's all encrypted). They do offer Proton Bridge which you can run locally which will handle all the decryption and local mail clients can talk to that as the would any other mail server.
I don't know off hand if it supports calendar syncing though.
I'd say the main benefit Futo has over Heliboard is that it has native swype typing with its own model (and also own voice typing model).
Still a bit light on customisation (certainly compared to Heliboard), but a nice first release certainly.
Proton is not the same as a VM. It has direct access to your filesystem. It could delete your entire home directory if it wanted to.
Another vote for Immich. It's a really nice experience on both the web and app.
It's a bit similar. However this goes a bit further than I understand those projects do. They're creating a game like the original. With this decompilation project, if you use the N64 compiler you will get a ROM which is 100% identical to the original.