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[Discussion] Emudeck and other Emulators on the Steam Deck (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've installed Emudeck on my device, the process was really easy to follow, here's a guide.

I just made this post to share info and suggestions on the best games to try. Right now I'm playing a (totally owned) rom of Zelda breath of the wild and so far is flawless (although stuck to 30 fps x some reason). Any suggestion for other good game??

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

"Install this blob of data that you just download from this random URL" isn't something I'm ever going to do on any computer I own. Doesn't Emudeck support something more reasonable like a flatpak?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Hello, RetroDECK is a flatpak.

RetroDECK: What is RetroDECK?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Tell me more about flatpack. It is a Rom extension? The file i ~~downloaded~~ used was .Xci, played with Yuzu

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Flatpak is the technology that the package manager in desktop mode uses to install software

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

flatpak is a universal packaging format for linux, and every flatpak app is containerized for improved security

as a bonus you can easily remove almost all traces of an app when you uninstall so there aren't any annoying leftover files, like you would on Windows

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Now as the RetroDECK CM another benefit is it also make it rather easy to move the important data between installations or even take backups.

If you take RetroDECK for example all you need to do move/copy over to a new installation is:

Move/Copy the RetroDECK datafolder that is either in home/sd-card/external drive/(other place where you put it) to where you want it on the new device.
Re-install RetroDECK from flathub on the new device.
During initial setup point to the location where you put the RetroDECK folder.

That is it.

All your roms, saves, scraped data and everything has been moved.

I personally run RetroDECK on my Steam Deck and both my Linux Laptop, Linux Desktop and more in my home.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Flatpacks are very restrictive by design. While this is a good thing in many cases, it makes it very difficult for tools like EmuDeck to work properly. For example, automatically installing other applications (in this case: emulators) isn‘t easily possible. This would make a flatpak version of Emudeck pretty much useless.

While I understand your concerns, I think installing an AppImage which has been built on Github from open source code just isn‘t all that risky.