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PC gaming's many launchers, reviewed for 2024: Steam still puts the rest to shame (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Playnite is awesome. One of the few pieces of software I really miss having on the Linux side of things.

Once you have it set up, you truly have everything gaming in one launcher. Non-steam-VR platforms, emulators, etc.

And I liked the UI a lot better than Galaxy, too, but that's more subjective.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lutris is not a valid alternative for Linux?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No. Lutris is an inconsistent mess of botched amateur level UX. I can barely stand to look at it after using Playnite.

I use steam for everything I can, and bottles to manage my wine environments for anything else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm perfectly happy with lutris and it does everything I want it to do.

After configuring everything there I just import them into cartridges for a minimalistic launcher

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Lutris is a passable wine environment manager, surpassed by bottles.

My issues are with using it as a library manager and launcher, which is what Playnite is. Lutri's UI is absolutely atrocious for actually browsing your games. You don't use it for that either, apparently.

Everything Lutris does that I might need, is done better by other applications.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

At this point, I want to try Playnite + Bottle and see if it's a suitable combination. Someone is already using this combo? Pro and cons?