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[–] CoyoteFacts@piefed.ca 45 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I don't entirely mean to throw rocks, but there's something funny about them dragging their feet so long on supporting a linux version (8+ years) that by the time their personal breaking point with windows came, they discovered themselves on the other side of the issue with no one to blame but themselves. Maybe a parable.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 38 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

To be fair to them the whole UI of the program is currently built with a windows-only framework, so a linux port requires a UI rewrite

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago

AND he does this for free, so we aren't entitled to anything.

Also, on another note: Playnite could very well be the first Linux client with RomM support.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

Tbh they have been waiting for a framework that would allow them to start the Linux version.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 19 points 16 hours ago

Wonderful, Playnite was awesome when I had Windows.

[–] mumei@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago

Very nice, Lutris works great but Playnite's beautiful GUI is something I've been missing since I got rid of MS

[–] Hazzard@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 hours ago

Oh hell yes. Playnite was easily the biggest loss for me in switching my home theatre PC to Linux.

Steam Big Picture mode is solid, and I've adjusted to it, but I definitely miss the ease of integration for other launchers and emulators, and some of the more powerful scripting options, easy art adjustments, etc.

I would definitely take a look at this and consider switching back, and it'll make it easier to recommend Linux to my friends who still use Playnite on Windows.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 10 points 15 hours ago

very nice, a playnite console ui for a linux handheld would be sick

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Very nice.
While I do enjoy Steam Big Picture I wouldn't mind having an alternative, specially one that comes with customization built-in Versus Decky Loader and CSS Loader which can break at any time.

[–] MonsterTrick@piefed.world 4 points 14 hours ago

If they do, it would be great. I love the customisation of Playnite for game details as well as the plugins.

fuck it, i'll try to put this on the AUR

hell yeah, peak is finally coming to linux

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

I'm using pegasus rn with a script to auto download images for the games. It works but everything is manual.

[–] lemonuri@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

I've never heard of this tool. Is this basically lutris for windows?

[–] artiman@piefed.social 1 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago)

yes, but its very customizable you can entirely change the ui, add extensions, etc like a completion status