Published Distribution Release Lakka 3.7 , allowing you to turn computers, telecases or single-board computers to a full-fledged game console to start retro games. The project is modifications LIBREELEC distribution, originally designed to create domestic cinemas. Build Lakka formed for platforms i386, x86_64 (GPU Intel, Nvidia or AMD), Raspberry PI 1 -4, Orange Pi, Cubieboard, Cubeboard2, CubiItruck, Banana Pi, Hummingboard, Cubox-I, Odroid C1 / C1 + / XU3 / XU4, etc. To install, it is enough to record the distribution on an SD card or a USB drive, connect the gamepad and download the system.
Based on Lakka lies the emulator gaming consoles Retroarch , providing the emulation a wide range of devices and supporting such advanced features, as multiplayer games, keeping the condition, improving the image quality of old games when Help Shaders, Rewinding Game Back, Hot Connection Gamepad and Video Streamming. Among the emulated consoles: Atari 2600/7800 / Jaguar / Lynx, Game Boy, Mega Drive, Nes, Nintendo 64 / DS, PCengine, PSP, Sega 32x / CD, Supernes, etc. The gamepads are supported from already available game consoles, including PlayStation 3, Dualshock 3, 8Bitdo, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 1 and Xbox360.
In the new release:
- Package Retroarch updated to version 1.10, in which Wayland support has been improved, supported HDR, improved network game, upgraded menu, improved support for the UWP / Xbox platform and expanded the emulator of the Nintendo 3DS console emulator.
- updated versions of emulators and game engines. The composition includes new engines
WASM4
JumpNbump,
Blastem
Freechaf,
Potator
quasi88
Retro8,
XMIL and FMSX. - Mesa package updated to version 21.3.6.
The Linux kernel is updated to version 5.10.101.
A set of firmware to the Raspberry PI boards is updated to version 1.20210831 (solved problems with the initialization of screens 4K). - To enhance the stability of the wireless connection, the default WiFi power saving mode for Raspberry Pi boards.
- Added support for Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w.
- Added a utility to disconnect the Xbox360 gamepads.
Additionally, it is possible to note the publication by Collabora notes About the architecture of the STEAMOS 3 operating system, which comes in a portable game computer Steam Deck and is radically different from Steamos 2. Some features Steamos 3:
- Transition from the Debian batch base on Arch Linux.
- Default root FS is only available for reading.