Want to play some games in Ubuntu desktop? Gamebuntu is a new project to make life easier for beginners!
Without searching for how to tutorials and struggling with Linux commands, Gamebuntu is an all-in-one app makes it possible to single click to install Steam, Heroic / Epic Game launcher, Minigalaxy GOG client, and/or Lutris game clients.
The app also offer buttons to easily install other useful apps for setting up Ubuntu for gaming. They include:
- OBS Studio for streaming purpose
- Discord for chatting
- MangoHUD for system details, frame time and FPS counter.
- GameMode to optimize game performance,
- OpenRGB to configure coolers and RAM modules with RGB.
- Piper to configure gaming peripharals.
- Polychomatic to configure Razer devices.
- Noise Torch – real-time microphone noise suppresstion.
- Low latency / xanmode kernel for critical runtime applications
And if the NVIDA proprietary drivers installed, it will offer shortcut for configuring Nvidia driver settings.
Install Gamebuntu:
Gamebuntu is a free open-source project in earlier stage. It’s so far recommended for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS only. The source code is hosted in gitlab page.
The developer used to provide the .AppImage package, so the app itself may run without installation.
Sadly, it makes itself NOT easy to beginners to install. See installation instructions in the project page:
And to keep track of the project, you may get in touch with the software developer by visiting this thread.
the download link is for a deb file, not appimage
the download link is for a deb file, not appimage, I’m trying to find a download link for the appimage