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Emulation on Linux (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Elarionus@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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The last time I tried emulation on a desktop PC, whether it was Windows or Linux, I had to install each emulator separately. It was a bit of a mess.

On my Steam Deck, Emudeck made it stupid easy. Retroarch wasn't terrible, but was a bit more irritating and buggy for me to get working. Either way, it had a bunch of emulators all in one spot so I didn't have to go hunting for a ton of them. Are there solutions like this for Linux as well now? What about for Windows or something like a RetroPIE?

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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think Emudeck is available as a Flatpak, so you should be able to install it on your desktop too.

[–] baduhai@sopuli.xyz 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It is not, you may be confusing it with retrodeck, which is solely distributed as a flatpak.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Oh really? Boo.

Retrodeck looks good, but the recommended install instructions were just too nutty for me: curl https://... | bash is not ok.

[–] maryjayjay@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

You can download and read the installer script

[–] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You...can just download the script and inspect it yourself before running. This cargo cult "security" advice needs to stop.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I did just that. It's not about security. It's about messing with my machine's setup. I don't want to run a bunch of rando commands that might mess with how my actual package manager manages my system.

[–] theamigan@lemmy.dynatron.me 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

This is quite fair, and I agree. I just hear far too often people rejecting running scripts out of hand because sOmEoNe sAiD pIpE iT tO tHe sHeLL. Usually such scripts are just using the package manager anyway.