Few days ago The release of the new version of Lutris 0.5.18 was announced, which comes with various improvements to the user interface, as well as improvements to searches, compatibility improvements and, above all, bug fixes.
For those who do not know Lutris, they should know that it is presented as a comprehensive solution that simplifies the process of installing video games, offering an interface that automates and simplifies the installation, configuration and execution of games. Its main advantage lies in the ability to transparently manage the necessary dependencies and settings, eliminating the technical barriers that users often face in this operating system.
Thanks to its distribution-independent runtime, Lutris ensures that games will run regardless of the specifics of the user's operating system. It also supports a wide range of options, from Wine to run titles designed for Windows, to emulators which greatly expands the catalog of supported games.
Main novelties of Lutris 0.5.18
In this new version of Lutris 0.5.18, a series of significant improvements have been introduced, which are focused on the user experience and integration with different platforms, since Now, if any version of Wine is detected in the system, Lutris automatically downloads the latest version of GE-Proton, making it easier to run games with updated settings.
Another new feature that the new version presents is that The dark theme is activated by default in the interface, providing a more attractive and modern design, along with replacing wide banners with more stylized game covers.
In addition to this, it also highlights the Adding “Uncategorized” view to the sidebar, allowing for better organization of the library. In environments Wayland, incompatible configuration options are automatically hidden to avoid confusion, while Lutris searches now support advanced tags such as “installed:yes” or “source:gog”, improving the accuracy of results, while a new filter button makes it easy to create many such tags.
Regarding integration with services, connections to Flathub and Amazon Games have been updated to adapt to the new APIs. In addition, the integration with Itch.io allows loading a specific collection if present, and both this source and GOG now offers installers for Linux and Windows where available.
It has also been added support for the «pie» terminal emulator, and DirectX 8 support in DXVK v2.4. and bug reporting has been improved to include detailed Lutris logs, and support for AppArmor has been added on Ubuntu 23.10 or higher systems.
Of the other changes that stand out:
- Broker searches can also use 'installed:yes', but not other fancy searches or anything like that.
- Added support for Ayatana application indicators
- Download links for Atari800 and MicroM8 have been updated
- Cached installation files are no longer re-downloaded even when some are missing
- Lutris logging is included in the 'System' tab of the Preferences window
- Duckstation runner added
Finally if you want to know more about it of this new version, you can check the details In the following link.
How to install Lutris on Ubuntu and derivatives?
In order to have this great software in our system, we must do the following, we are going to open a terminal ctrl + alt + T and we type the following:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lutris-team/lutris sudo apt update sudo apt install lutris
Another of the methods available to install the new version of Lutris on your system is by downloading the deb package, which you can obtain from the following link
Once downloaded, you can install it with your package manager or from the terminal (placing it in the folder where you downloaded the file) by typing the following command:
sudo dpkg -i lutris_0.5.18_all.deb
Last but not least, new users are advised to create an account on lutris.net to link it with the Lutris client. This allows your client to automatically sync your search library from the website, which will then be used to search for game configurations to install. Through the website, it is also possible to sync your Steam library with your Lutris library.