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I'm fairly new to Retroarch for PC. I think it's ok. It did do better than my usual PPSSPP Emulator.
Retroarch has made emulation more convenient for lazy people.
Standalone emulators will almost always offer a better and more user friendly experience.
Hey, I'm all for being lazy too!Thank god for this "Lazy" person
Hey, I'm all for being lazy too!
At some point, I've tried Retroarch on pretty much every device I have that supports it and I've either realised that (in the case of on 3ds) there's a limited number of systems I want to emulate on that device so I'm better off just installing those two or three standalones, or (in the case of the PC RA version) if it can't support all of the romsets I intend to throw at it I may aswell stick to standalones... and some of the standalones I still use were either abandoned or deprecated years ago!
Same in the case of the 3DS. Standalones by bubble2k16 just feel better to me, they're simple and intuitive and they work. I only use RA for PSX.Hey, I'm all for being lazy too!
At some point, I've tried Retroarch on pretty much every device I have that supports it and I've either realised that (in the case of on 3ds) there's a limited number of systems I want to emulate on that device so I'm better off just installing those two or three standalones, or (in the case of the PC RA version) if it can't support all of the romsets I intend to throw at it I may aswell stick to standalones... and some of the standalones I still use were either abandoned or deprecated years ago!
Most of what you said are compatibility issues, for what I understood with a software (ThrottleStop) and with some pieces of hardware (like the wireless device). All of that is true and fall onto what I said, we are forced to windows because stuff is developed for windows a lot more, not because windows is good. The vicious cycle: More users on windows > people/companies develops for windows > people use windows because it has the software they want > more users on windows... and so on...
Now about the lack of compatibility with laptops, that's just not true anymore (like years now). Everything like sleep, close lid, battery management, low battery warnings and actions all will work on Linux. What may happen is that the manufacturer of the laptop may have used a very cheap board that has not linux support on driver side. It is not an OS fault, but it still affects how viable the OS is for many people.
Back on the main topic, retroarch is just that many times. Lots of people are on retroarch, so developers release stuff with that in mind, so more people end up using retroarch and the thing go on in that cycle. Even that you can make emulators cores work otherwise, regular users like the ready to go solution much more.
I mean, it's Genesis so it's probably as stable as possible.I mean, standalone Génesis emulators like kega or blastem havent been updated in a while
Kega Fusion has been my main Sega emulator for almost two decades at this point. I wouldn't consider using anything elseI mean, standalone Génesis emulators like kega or blastem havent been updated in a while
I'm no fan of Windows in general, but we recently switched from Win10 to Win11 at work and... I don't really see the hate either. Granted, since it's my work machine I don't really modify too many settings or install nearly as many programs as I would otherwise, but it seems to be a disproportionate amount of hate for what seems to be some different menus and icon themes.I still do not understand the Windows 11 hate.
Yea, changing (and moving) the main menu was really a pain. But I've had zero unexplained crashes and none of my games or software has had any issues. Seems every bit as stable as Windows 10 was for me.I'm no fan of Windows in general, but we recently switched from Win10 to Win11 at work and... I don't really see the hate either. Granted, since it's my work machine I don't really modify too many settings or install nearly as many programs as I would otherwise, but it seems to be a disproportionate amount of hate for what seems to be some different menus and icon themes.