Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) from Thomas GloriousEggroll Crider version 1.1.1 is out now as the first official release to help improve Linux desktop and Steam Deck gaming.
    • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      3 months ago

      It’s middleware for game launchers like Lutris, but specifically for Wine games. It uses GloriousEggroll’s custom Proton builds instead of stand-alone Wine/DXVK/etc.

      Note that GloriousEggroll more or less discontinued his custom Wine builds, and has been encouraging people to use his Proton builds via this tool instead. It might make things easier or harder, depending on your needs and workflow. I expect it will be easier for casual Linux users when combined with a GUI.

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.deEnglish
        32·
        3 months ago

        More specifically this launcher is backed by Lutris, Heroic and I think Bottles as well. So that configurations can be shared between all launchers.

        I guess the ultimate price would be if Valve were to join them.

  • AliasAKA@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    This seems cool. I like to run my steam set up in a flatpak (in part because I don’t really like 32 bit binaries cluttering up my main paths) so I’ll wait h til they release it there. Or perhaps I’ll get involved and see if I can’t package this up myself.

    • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      292·
      3 months ago

      There’s not really anything to screenshot? This isn’t a launcher in the sense of a GUI that launches games. It will be used by other launchers Heroic, Lutris, Bottles, etc to better run games the way Steam does.

      Increased compatibility, less issues with games not loading. Essentially it will allow non-Steam launchers to run games under wine more like Steam’s proton does.

      • mox@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        17·
        3 months ago

        Ah, so they just built the middleware, not a UI. That’s not what launcher typically means in this space, but fair enough. Thanks for clearing it up.

      • dingdongitsabear@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 months ago

        so I’m gonna pick this as a runner in Lutris, instead of e.g. wine-ge-8-26-x86_64 or whatever? sorry to reply to you, but I’ve read the initial github “explanation” what this does, reread it several times over the months, and now for the final time when it got official and I still don’t understand how this fits into my use case.

        • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          3 months ago

          Yes, exactly. The github readme has been pretty confusing, especially since the project changed names and there are still some references to the old name. But it was already usable as a runner in Lutris before launch and works much better for me than 8-26 which is pretty out of date now! I play a lot of non-Steam games.

          • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyzEnglish
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            3 months ago

            Is there a guide or something that we could use? I’m trying hard to find anywhere on how to actually use it, but I think I just fail.

            PS. I’m also running debian 12.7 and umu needs a newer version of a python depedency that debian 12 doesnt have yet, so I added the debian 13 (testing) repo, but while it worked, I think it may have also messed up my debian installation or something, lol (good thing I’m still testing debian).