Lutris’ main goal is to make gaming on Linux really easy. Easy as a few mouse clicks, grabbing a joypad and playing because that’s how gaming should be : fun. Many users still run Microsoft Windows because of games, but if you don’t mind missing a few very recent title, there’s is no reason not to run Linux. Or maybe there is. Gaming on Linux can be really painful sometimes. All you want to do is play, but you have to compile stuff, install libraries, deal with sound issues … and you don’t want that, right ?
Lutris deals with this stuff for you. You have simple configuration dialogs with understandable settings that you won’t have to touch again once the game runs right.
I want to support every game that can be made to run on Linux and that’s a lot of games ! I don’t have the exact number but I guess that 98% of video games made between 1978 and 2005 can be run on Linux, and about 70% of games made later on can also run quite well.
Lutris will also be a community (like Steam). You will be able to receive notifications when your friends are online and playing some game so you can join them. There will also be a more technical aspect of the community, ensuring that games work for everybody but I’ll talk about that later.
