[RetroDECK Cooker](https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK-cooker) are the bleeding edge development builds of [RetroDECK](https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK). These builds are only for development and testing purposes.
Cooker is a bleeding edge snapshot of the current commits, the action of uploading code to GitHub is called commit.
The code may not be always reviewed and so the cooker it's unstable by its nature, it's just suggested to testers or developer to try bleeding edge functions.
That's what cooking in the pot at this moment and not yet ready to be served (released). This name was also used by Linux Mandrake and Mandriva for the bleeding edge channel.
Yes, post in the `💙-i-want-to-help` on our [Discord](https://discord.gg/WDc5C9YWMx) or [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#retrodeck:matrix.org) that you want to help with testing cooker builds.
Anyone can always download the cooker builds without telling the team as they are open to all, but we recommend that you do the RetroDECK team and flag yourself as a tester as the RetroDECK team can support you.
You can update via the cooker auto-updater prompt when you launch RetroDECK-Cooker, however the Cooker auto updater might be break during testing and in such cases download the latest release from the [RetroDECK Cooker](https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK-cooker) GitHub.
Just go into your application manager/installer (like Discover), find RetroDECK and press uninstall or via the terminal run the following command: `flatpak remove RetroDECK`
