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Quoting: Caldathras

Quoting: memvirusI have Lutris currently installed via apt/ a downloaded .deb
Will installing it via flatpak make a new directory for it?

Yes. Flatpak, being containerized by default, would install its version of Lutris separately from the one installed via apt. Flatpak keeps its file system separate. It shouldn't overlap with apt.

The challenge would be telling the shortcuts (launcher) apart. They'll likely share the same name. Fortunately, you can just rename the shortcut as desired.

Quoting: memvirusOr I just backup my current lutris directory (which ones are the important ones?) and then upgrade - later if I want to have my old downgraded state again, just uninstall, reinstall and restore my backed up directory?

In this case, I would suggest using Flatpak for the latest version and then choosing an earlier version to install via a .deb installer. There should be no need to back up your config files (although it never hurts - they're in hidden folders under your Home folder in multiple locations). I never have and the files & settings have remained while I've bounced back and forth between versions. Not sure how it would work with Flatpak, however. I don't know where that version stores its config files.

Quoting: memvirusalso sadly PopOS seems to be neither in compatible host nor container OS

Not sure exactly what you mean by this, but Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu. It is listed under Ubuntu in the link you provided. Generally, anything you can do on Ubuntu, you should be able to do on Pop!_OS. It supports .deb installers and LaunchPad PPAs, for example.

Being as you are new to tinkering with Linux, make sure you make a complete backup of your system and data before you start. That way, if something foobars, you'll have something solid to fall back on. Timeshift is effective but my favorite backup tool is Clonezilla (its back-ups are compressed and take less space).

Good luck and have fun.

Thank you very much!
I have installed the most recent flatpak version to give it a try :)
but only one lutris is being displayed in the program overview in popos
and it is not opening flatpak lutris, so when I want to open my old deb lutris I have to write lutris into the terminal right now

also in flatpak there are some "problems" - I guess due to it being containerized
mangohud was not working, but I fixed that by also installing the mangohud flatpak (is it supposed to be fixed like that? or can I link my goverlay mangohud to flatpak lutris? cuz installing mangohud twice is also taking space..)

but my bigger problem which I cannot fix right now: pulseaudio latency fix in lutris is greyed out - I guess because it also cannot find it in the container?

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Timing doesn't work for me at all this month as I have plenty of other things to do.

I still had time to try two demos and another one is even participating in the Next Fest.

[A Planet Full of Cats](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3355100/A_Planet_Full_of_Cats/) one of those hidden object games and there has been quite many in the series already. This one has metroidvania influences. As it's sci-fi themed this time around, it's probably closer to Metroid. And demo indeed has some hidden tools and routes.

[Poly Bricks](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3449470/Poly_Bricks/). This is kind of Lego brick builder without step by step instructions. You can just rotate the original model and see what the individual pieces look like. Needs bit of patience, but still oddly satisfying.

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I shall take [Outbound](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2938240/Outbound_Demo/) for a test drive!

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Let's see, some recommendations...

For FPS enjoyers, there's the GZDoom game [Hedon Bloodrite](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1072150/Hedon_Bloodrite/). Most fun I've had with a FPS since First Encounter Assault Recon ('Fear').

For those who like their action turn-based, there's [House of Necrosis](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2005870/House_of_Necrosis/), a bit like if Silent Hill 1 had a baby with Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

For those looking for something more chill and cosy, there's [Lake](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118240/Lake/). Be a computer-related professional who takes a 2 week sabbatical to deliver mail in her hometown.

And finally, my most anticipated game since Pillars of Eternity, the retro platformer [Double Shake](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1445190/DoubleShake/).

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Quoting: CatGirlKatie14310/10 name

I suspect that rating is not entirely unbiased? 😸

I uhhh :eyes emoji:

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Quoting: CatKiller

These builds are deployed untested.

That's the opposite of what anyone wants.

It's on the No Tux No Bux crowds now. Just today, I saw a reddit thread saying "Wine is not an excuse," so they better walk the talk and actually play this game, give feedback, and contribute real support to a game that's actually doing what they're asking for.

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Oh man, Next Fest... aint nobody got time for that.
Every evening, when its finally getting quieter, i look at all my games already, cannot decide what to play next and... go for a round of brotato and go to bed. Sigh.

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If you like cyberpunk/scifi but are willing to weigh story/gameplay over stunning visuals, try:

[FOREHEAD CHIP](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4352260/Forehead_Chip_Demo/) - a nostalgic pixel-platformer inspired by 80s and 90s sci-fi, play a single-player narrative campaign with multiple-endings, or battle with your friends in PVP arenas!

I mean... once you finish the Replaced demo ;)

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WOOOO NEXT FEST!!!!!!!!!!

that starship troopers game looks cool, gonna add that to my list of demos. Thanks :)

Here's my list of interests / demos that I'm going to try out (same as my post in cyberspace.online)

• [Ardenfall](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1837770/Ardenfall_Demo/) - "first-person RPG inspired by Morrowind" - you had me at morrowind (one of my all time favs)


• [REPLACED](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4261860/REPLACED_Demo/) - a 2d side scroller cyberpunk adventure. Art / lore / story / visuals look absolutely killer awesome.


• [SpaceCraft](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3276050/SpaceCraft/) - I'm a sucker for a good space sim. I'm not much on base building or logistics though, so this could go either way for me.


• [Chipmatic](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3780950/Chipmatic/) - "incremental factory building game where you control a mining robot" - looks like a really cool digging game for the steam deck


• [Dead Fibers](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2834670/Dead_Fibers/) - looks / sounds kind of like a fps immersive sim? That's one of my fav genres, but hard to do right, so we shall see.

What's everyone else got on their radar?

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Quoting: AsciiWolfMeanwhile, the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is still on Mesa 25.3.3.

PPA?

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Quoting: CaldathrasWhat they are talking about at this link would work best with tarball binaries. For example, with OpenMW it is possible to have multiple versions installed using tarball binaries. They all share the same configuration files, however.

Now that I think about it, this should work with AppImages too. The same caveat about shared config files, however.

Lutris isn't available as an AppImage, unfortunately.

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Just going to pile on: Plague Tales are SO GOOD. Very much looking forward to the 3rd game this year / next year. I'd never heard of the others, but from looking: Atlas Fallen & Shady Part of Me look pretty cool. And those prices are insane good.

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A Plague Tale is also a great way to check if you have musophobia!

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Quoting: CatGirlKatie14310/10 name

I suspect that rating is not entirely unbiased? 😸

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A plague tale are good games if you like this genre of course

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Quoting: legluondunet@ID:1059;mrdeathjr
Hello, I tried to play Spider-man 2000, only one big issue: game crahes or loose keyboard + mouse after Alt-Tab, can you reproduce with this recent Wine release?

in my case alt+tab work in menus, cinematics and on game



however i use virtual desktop with mesa 26.1-dev, almost forget i use X no wayland and desktop effects aka compositors stay disabled in my case too

😀

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I just updated my system today, on cachy arch, and I'm still on 25.3.5 ... so I bet they're waiting on the .0.1 release to do the move to 26. I'm pretty excited for that to see how RT functions now. I don't think I've ever played a game with it turned on before LOL. I still think it's mostly marketing but we shall see.

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This is wonderful! It makes me so happy to see intel continue to put effort into the arc gpus. Competition is good for all of us.

This does seem like a job perfectly fit for remote work, but it is listed as in person in CA / OR which is sad, but oh well. At least they're hiring for it!

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@ID:1059;mrdeathjr
Hello, I tried to play Spider-man 2000, only one big issue: game crahes or loose keyboard + mouse after Alt-Tab, can you reproduce with this recent Wine release?

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This wine version in my case work ok with some olds pc titles like:







😀

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These builds are deployed untested.

That's the opposite of what anyone wants.

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10/10 name

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Meanwhile, the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is still on Mesa 25.3.3.

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Looks really interesting. Reminiscent me of some levels in Kingdom Hearts, with a CupHead vibe... looks really cool.

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This is likely to ruin my life... (I have over 5k hours on StS on the steam version alone - plus another healthy amount on Android)

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Thank god, I got a 1TB SSD for my laptop and Steam Deck and bought two 16GB memory sticks for my laptop in time before they got expensive. I even bought a lot of other external SSD storage to store my data. I knew this would one day happen. I even already bought my Steam Deck OLED one year earlier. I dreamed about this.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: jams3223Thank god, I got a 1TB SSD for my laptop and Steam Deck and bought two 16GB memory sticks for my laptop in time before they got expensive. I even bought a lot of other external SSD storage to store my data. I knew this would one day happen. I even already bought my Steam Deck OLED one year earlier. I dreamed about this.

Did you accidentally post your comment under the wrong article? This one doesn't mention the hardware price hikes. 🤔

Opps sorry wrong article lol

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Quoting: memvirus(got the idea from here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1036337/is-there-way-to-install-two-instances-of-the-same-application but am not knowing enough in Linux..)

What they are talking about at this link would work best with tarball binaries. For example, with OpenMW it is possible to have multiple versions installed using tarball binaries. They all share the same configuration files, however.

Otherwise, @fenglengshun's advice would work best. I recommend keeping it as simple as possible.

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Quoting: memvirusI have Lutris currently installed via apt/ a downloaded .deb
Will installing it via flatpak make a new directory for it?

Yes. Flatpak, being containerized by default, would install its version of Lutris separately from the one installed via apt. Flatpak keeps its file system separate. It shouldn't overlap with apt.

The challenge would be telling the shortcuts (launcher) apart. They'll likely share the same name. Fortunately, you can just rename the shortcut as desired.

Quoting: memvirusOr I just backup my current lutris directory (which ones are the important ones?) and then upgrade - later if I want to have my old downgraded state again, just uninstall, reinstall and restore my backed up directory?

In this case, I would suggest using Flatpak for the latest version and then choosing an earlier version to install via a .deb installer. There should be no need to back up your config files (although it never hurts - they're in hidden folders under your Home folder in multiple locations). I never have and the files & settings have remained while I've bounced back and forth between versions. Not sure how it would work with Flatpak, however. I don't know where that version stores its config files.

Quoting: memvirusalso sadly PopOS seems to be neither in compatible host nor container OS

Not sure exactly what you mean by this, but Pop!_OS is based on Ubuntu. It is listed under Ubuntu in the link you provided. Generally, anything you can do on Ubuntu, you should be able to do on Pop!_OS. It supports .deb installers and LaunchPad PPAs, for example.

Being as you are new to tinkering with Linux, make sure you make a complete backup of your system and data before you start. That way, if something foobars, you'll have something solid to fall back on. Timeshift is effective but my favorite backup tool is Clonezilla (its back-ups are compressed and take less space).

Good luck and have fun.

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It is still funny the only one who actually has something to do with Linux and gaming is Liam 😅

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