[Suggestion] Linux: RetroArch X11 session
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Description
I'm about to deploy RetroArch on Ubuntu 22.04. In the past day I installed retroarch on my laptop (Ubuntu 20.04), where I later decided to add a single-app session on it. I created a retroarch.desktop file in /usr/share/xsessions and it works well, just like what happened when running Steam as SteamOS session with steamos-compositor and steamos-modeswitch-inhibitor installed. Now I wonder if RetroArch can provide such a session to directly log into the retro-gaming system.
Environment information
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the reported retroarch.desktop session in /usr/share/xsessions and compare it with the SteamOS session setup described in the issue. The issue would be done when RetroArch can provide a supported single-app session that can be selected directly at login on Ubuntu 22.04.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux, ubuntu
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100