

I mean it works but it is so slow to download them. Now if you want the fancy boxart etc for your systems, yeah Retroarch is kind of meh. To add everything I just scan the EMU folder and it finds everything in all subfolders for all installed cores. Once that is finished, the way my roms are set up in a directory - all systems have their own folders and they are all under one EMU folder. This is really the only tedious part going through this list and adding each core one at a time. Once the flatpak version is installed I run it, I go to online updater and add the cores for the systems I have. I much prefer the flathub version of retroarch. I know people love Steam but I personally only use it when I absolutely have to. While I agree with a lot of what you are saying here is how it usually goes for me:įirst I don't use steam's version. My experience is a little different than yours. Gnome Games could be that app, but it tries to do too many things (big surprise really) and it's progressing very slowly. but on the desktop is just a horrible experience.ĭesktop Linux needs a nice, simple, attractive app just like OpenEmu on MacOS. I get that RA is meant to work everywhere, from handhelds to dedicated SBCs attached to big TVs and so on.

Adding roms is so uncomfortable, adding required bioses and other stuff is a big question mark.

Don't know why and don't know how to fix. Right now I'm getting a warning about missing assets, and in fact, every icon in the UI is missing. In reality, it's a pita to setup, even on Steam. Quoting: tonyrhIn theory, RetroArch is the best thing ever.
