Keeping your games together from different services and stores can be a breeze with the likes of Lutris, a free and open source game launcher and manager. Regular readers will know it well, and we covered the recent Release Candidate build last week, with the good news being it stable enough for everyone now and so it has been released.
A quick reminder of the 0.5.8 highlights from our last article:
- Much improved integration with the Lutris website
- Games from 3rd party services no longer depend on a Lutris website install script
- Steam games are now loaded from the Steam API
- You can download extras from GOG as part of the install process
- The overall Lutris app design has been improved
- There's a new Favourites section, so you can add titles to it for a quick and easy selection
- Lutris runners can now be written in JSON instead of Python code
- + lots more
The full change can be found here.
It's come a long way since the early builds, where it offered a really simple list interface and didn't really do a whole lot other than list your games. Now though it's practically spilling over the sides with all sorts of helpful tweaks to allow you to get the most out of your gaming on Linux. Bringing together Steam, GOG, Humble and installers from elsewhere all under one roof. There's plenty of areas Lutris still needs to improve but it's coming together.
You can find out more on the Lutris website.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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slaapliedje 16 Nov 2020
Nice, speaking of Lutris you can now watch blu-ray with Leawo through it. I just installed it last night and played several and they all worked. You can't use the menus and it works best in fullscreen. I'll be updating in a few.Now that is interesting. Considering blurays require HDCP... my method has been with libraries from Makemkv and use VLC.
Niw what we need is a screen viewing app for the Index so I can watch blurays in VR in Linux!
About Lutris. It is amusing to me that it is one of the few packages that is in the Pop OS repositories but not in Ubuntu's! I am hoping they get into the Debian repos at some point, as you still need to add the OBS repo for it.
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Wow, Cedega :) I haven't seen that name in a loong time.
I remember a Mandriva release from 2006 or so, that had Cedega and Flatout preinstalled, it ran quite well.
I remember a Mandriva release from 2006 or so, that had Cedega and Flatout preinstalled, it ran quite well.
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ugly 21 Nov 2020
Nice, speaking of Lutris you can now watch blu-ray with Leawo through it. I just installed it last night and played several and they all worked. You can't use the menus and it works best in fullscreen. I'll be updating in a few.
You can play blu-ray using VLC or Kodi as well.
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=176924
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whizse 21 Nov 2020
I am hoping they get into the Debian repos at some point, as you still need to add the OBS repo for it.Possibly you already know this, but it's packaged (together with goverlay, vkbasalt and mangohud) but currently waiting for a sponsor to upload:
https://mentors.debian.net/package/lutris/
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ugly 22 Nov 2020
Well, whether you use Kodi or VLC it doesn't make much of a difference because you're relying on the AACs and other decryption. The player just pretty much handles the playback. Although, I find Kodi to perform a bit better.Nice, speaking of Lutris you can now watch blu-ray with Leawo through it. I just installed it last night and played several and they all worked. You can't use the menus and it works best in fullscreen. I'll be updating in a few.
You can play blu-ray using VLC or Kodi as well.
https://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=176924
Not sure about Kodi but with VLC it's hit or miss. Every Bluray I have tried with Leavo has worked so far.
I remember before I would just use the KEYDB.cfg file and it was a bit hit or miss. But with a few extra steps that are in the link I posted, I now have most of them working (I think it seems to be 20th Centry FOX discs that have problems). But I think there are most steps in that link that can be done to resolve those issues.
I remember trying Leawo when I used Windows. It was okay as a free alternative, but I remember it has issues, particularly with the menus, but that was at least 5 years ago I tried it. On Windows, CyberDVD I think was the best in terms of compatibility but was terrible software in general, and I don't think it works through WINE.
It is good to know that there is another alternative. So I might test out Leawo. I did a quick search on the Lutris site and didn't find an installer listed. Do you have a link to it?
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slaapliedje 22 Nov 2020
I did not know that, thanks!I am hoping they get into the Debian repos at some point, as you still need to add the OBS repo for it.Possibly you already know this, but it's packaged (together with goverlay, vkbasalt and mangohud) but currently waiting for a sponsor to upload:
https://mentors.debian.net/package/lutris/
It is funny, on my Thinkpad p52, I tend to use Pop OS as there are some nice conveniences with how they set up the nvidia optimus stuff. But I always end up going back to Debian on my main system. But System76 is doing some awesome work on their distro, and including Lutris in the repos and removing snap are just two of the other ones.
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