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PortMaster: a simple GUI tool designed to facilitate the downloading and installation of game ports for Linux handheld devices

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  1. kfwyre
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    From their FAQ: List of supported devices List of supported games I personally haven’t used this and am curious to hear people’s thoughts on it. I like the idea of aggregating a lot of Linux...

    From their FAQ:

    PortMaster is a simple GUI tool designed to facilitate the downloading and installation of game ports for linux handheld devices.

    One of the goals of PortMaster is to not install or upgrade any existing OS libraries for any ports. Any of the ports that need a particular non-standard library are maintained within the ports' folder and made available specifically to that port during execution.

    Through the volunteer contributions of the mighty Port Navigators , most of the the ports available through PortMaster have been configured to launch with proper controls for the various devices that are supported.

    I personally haven’t used this and am curious to hear people’s thoughts on it. I like the idea of aggregating a lot of Linux source ports for games under one easy roof. Feels almost like Lutris.

    The place I would be most likely to use it would be my Steam Deck, which isn’t yet supported. However, according to RetroDECK’s most recent blog post that is currently in the works. I personally love RetroDECK and think this would be a great addition that’s very much in line with the spirit of the project.

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