I keep trying Linux for a week or so at a time, but every time I do, I just can’t do what I want on it. It lacks software like Playnite - a FOSS game launcher that lets me manage my collection of games across different platforms. Discord on it doesn’t support screen audio when screen sharing, and the app that enables it is finicky at best. I end up spending more time in my terminal than doing browsing, playing games, etc, like I’d like to be doing.
I don’t hate Linux. I love the idea of Linux, but in practice… I just have a really hard time enjoying my time on my computer with it.
I just came off running Nobara for 2 days then moving because of compatibility issues and its UI feeling slow, then I ran Mint for another 5 days. I hope one day Linux can be what I want from my PC.
There’s a ton of game launchers, for instance this one just came out the other day and allegedly launches your games from Steam/Heroic/Bottles/etc. Not sure if it’s what you need but it seems weird there wouldn’t be an alternative to Playnite: https://flathub.org/apps/details/hu.kramo.Cartridges
Screensharing looks like something to wait on though. I’ve heard of people getting it to work but seems finicky
Edit: Looks like Playnite has distant goals of supporting Linux. Could be a race between these two apps for you to see which one gets working first
Nah I’ve been through all those. Playnite has things like the ability to auto-scan launchers, launching from emulators, running scripts before / after games launch and after they close, and a really robust library of plugins and add-ons from its community. I’ve looked into the others, the best one for my use would be Lutris, but even then everything just feels extremely jank and it’s entirely disheartening. I appreciate the thoughtful reply though. It’s clear you actually looked into this quite a bit.
Steam and emulators work great but somethings are more complicated. As far as games your confined inside the steam environment unless you’re willing to do extra work.
I keep trying Linux for a week or so at a time, but every time I do, I just can’t do what I want on it. It lacks software like Playnite - a FOSS game launcher that lets me manage my collection of games across different platforms. Discord on it doesn’t support screen audio when screen sharing, and the app that enables it is finicky at best. I end up spending more time in my terminal than doing browsing, playing games, etc, like I’d like to be doing. I don’t hate Linux. I love the idea of Linux, but in practice… I just have a really hard time enjoying my time on my computer with it.
I just came off running Nobara for 2 days then moving because of compatibility issues and its UI feeling slow, then I ran Mint for another 5 days. I hope one day Linux can be what I want from my PC.
Lutris.net is an alternative to Playnite.
There’s a ton of game launchers, for instance this one just came out the other day and allegedly launches your games from Steam/Heroic/Bottles/etc. Not sure if it’s what you need but it seems weird there wouldn’t be an alternative to Playnite: https://flathub.org/apps/details/hu.kramo.Cartridges
Screensharing looks like something to wait on though. I’ve heard of people getting it to work but seems finicky
Edit: Looks like Playnite has distant goals of supporting Linux. Could be a race between these two apps for you to see which one gets working first
Nah I’ve been through all those. Playnite has things like the ability to auto-scan launchers, launching from emulators, running scripts before / after games launch and after they close, and a really robust library of plugins and add-ons from its community. I’ve looked into the others, the best one for my use would be Lutris, but even then everything just feels extremely jank and it’s entirely disheartening. I appreciate the thoughtful reply though. It’s clear you actually looked into this quite a bit.
Steam and emulators work great but somethings are more complicated. As far as games your confined inside the steam environment unless you’re willing to do extra work.