▲ 133 ▼ PC gaming's many launchers, reviewed for 2024: Steam still puts the rest to shame (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 2 years ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] savbran@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Lutris is not a valid alternative for Linux? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] savbran@feddit.it 1 point 2 years 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] savbran@feddit.it 1 point 2 years 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] savbran@feddit.it 1 point 2 years 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] savbran@feddit.it 1 point 2 years 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? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] savbran@feddit.it 1 point 2 years 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? permalink fedilink source parent