I started with RetroPie long time ago too. :-) RetroPie is an operating system that is build to be a Gaming distribution basically. It uses RetroArch on its backend for the emulators and Emulation Station for the UI. When you select and run a game in Emulation Station (the UI on operating system level), then it runs RetroArch with a core and a game. While ingame, you can open the RetroArch menu as well.

In short: RetroPie is an operating system setup to use RetroArch for the emulation.

They did that for Ubuntu. I mean it makes sense on Ubuntu. For everything else you can install it through Flatpak, your distributions own package manager (but that is often not the newest one) or AppImage, through Steam or many other methods. Its amazing how many ways you can install this and where it is available on!

I’m a huuuge fan of RetroArch and have setup over 80 cores :D. I only use standalone emulators for cores that are not available in RetroArch (such as Yuzu and RPCS3).

The article itself is a bit bare bones though. Here is the official installation documentation for Linux: https://docs.libretro.com/guides/install-gnu/ I personally have it installed through the official Archlinux package, but they are slow on updating it. Its more than a month now and they still are on an older version. Bleeding Edge? Who says that! It’s the reason why I think to switch to the Flatpak version, maybe, maybe not.

When you install it through the official package in Archlinux, you have to change some paths in the settings where cores are saved. That way you can use the RetroArch internal update, so it can download and install cores in the directory you want. Because if you install RetroArch from official package, its managed and installed in a directory the normal user have no access without sudo. I changed the cores path to “~/.config/retroarch/cores”. Note, Flatpak has its own file structure and paths, so do not do this with that.

There is also an official RetroArch version for Steam. I use that on my Steam Deck. The good thing is, its always up to date on day one release of RetroArch. And it has Cloud Save support for save files of games. Negative is, that not all cores are supported. However you can install them manually in the cores directory, but then you have to update it manually too if you do that. I also have my own custom controls and menus for RetroArch on Steam Deck, but not uploaded it yet. Really really need to do this…

Last but not least, some shameless plug of a post I made about RetroArch Shaders: https://thingsiplay.game.blog/2024/10/19/showcase-for-retroarch-shaders-2024/

PS I hate to be the UUOC person. I’m sure you’re already aware and it was a deliberate choice.

I wish it was. I honestly forgot. yeah, shame on me. :D Before this, at the position of cat there was actually a different command, which I replaced with this. And I didn’t think of adding the file to awk instead. I’ll update the line with this suggestion and a suggestion from someone else.

I’m actually not sure what you mean by that. This script will only list the programs you used in the terminal. It prints the fullpath of each command. That’s all it does.

Do you want know if a program is currently running?

They are not exactly the same. I always default to piping it, because I never remember which to use when. And had to lookup again to make sure I was not hallucinating: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/76049/what-is-the-difference-between-sort-u-and-sort-uniq/76095#76095

That’s just speculation and accusation without proof. Let us not do this here.

It’s the first time I see a Ban. This must be really bad…

I don’t. I just copy the link and enter it in FreeTube directly.

FreeTube, a desktop client to watch YouTube videos, without an account. Why not use a browser without an account? Well, it has a watch history, favorites and subscriptions as if you had an account - but its all “offline” account, without Google involved (besides watching their video). So it manages an account with subscriptions, without YouTube account. Plus it integrates an ad blocker and SponsorBlock, and has a few more features on its sleeve.

kdotool, a xdotool like program for KDE on Wayland. Just learned about it when setting up another application. But I will use it for independently too.

There are more, but this is what came to my mind right now.

Until then, you have to live with the issues of Xorg, which won’t be ironed out. :p

Yes you can and should upgrade, which is what I was trying to say really. It’s less set and forget as in “just let it update and it will keep on trucking for 10 years”.

At least with rolling releases this is not needed. You only install once, and only update this one version basically. EndeavourOS and Arch based distributions are like that. So its basically support without end, which beats Windows in that regard. :-) These are normal desktop systems BTW, not Enterprise.

The typical LTS support in Linux distributions are 5 years, but some have longer support available. With Ubuntu you can get additional 7 years by using the free for Home users “Ubuntu Pro” subscription. Which brings it to 12 years. Professionals have to pay a little bit (its not expensive) to get that support. For anyone who really considers using the same distribution for 10 years, they should consider Ubuntu Pro.

A particular version of Linux Mint, the example you mentioned, is supported for 4 years, whereas Windows 10 was supported for 10 years.

True, but often the distributions have an upgrade plan (for free). In example you can install an Ubuntu LTS and upgrade 4 years later to the next major LTS release. However, sometimes this has problems, because so much time and changes are in between. This is for sure.

There are distributions with longer support period. Debian comes to my mind. But I don’t know how long and there were 10 year supported distributions too.

Your PC will turn on. But you won’t get security updates (meaning more and more dangerous to surf the web). Some software stop working too, because they stop supporting Windows 10. I think Steam will not work on it anymore, correct me if I am wrong. It will get worse over time, not right away on day one.

Congratz. I see, EndeavourOS, a man of culture as well. :D But how did you came to OpenMandriva? It’s not a usual distribution newcomers choose. Not because its hard to use, but because its a bit less popular. What made you chose this, just curious, not saying its bad or anything like that. I’m curious for the reason.

Its always time to consider Linux. No one has to wait until Windows support ends. :-)

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What I love about science is, it brings everyone together. It does not matter where you are in the world, if the nations are fighting against each other. When it comes to science, everyone works together.

Oh my, you are right, sudo-rs!!

Ubuntu + Snap + GNOME + Wayland + Systemd

Holy moly, there is a lot of stuff for haters to talk about. Each of these parts are very polarizing on its own, but combined, phew.

I’m on Arch based system and don’t think about it.I get it automatically.