diff --git a/wiki-rtd/docs/wip/November-2024.md b/wiki-rtd/docs/wip/November-2024.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bcfa812 --- /dev/null +++ b/wiki-rtd/docs/wip/November-2024.md @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +--- +date: 2024-10-03 +--- + +# November 2024: Flashy winter + +This month we will discuss + +## Highlights + +- New Website +- Merged + + +<!-- more --> + +## New website + +We secretly soft launched our new website during Halloween. + +https://retrodeck.net/ + +Check it out and give feedback on the Discord on Lemmy. + +Thanks Adam Iannazzone for all his hard work on contributing his free time to the RetroDECK project and the new website. + +## 3DS Emulation - status + +We had secret plans to include Lime3DS into the release of 0.9b. + +But the big Citra forks are merging into one, it feels better to wait until they have sorted everything out and get the best release into RetroDECK proper. + +## Xenia - status + +Instead of pulling in all of Wine into RetroDECK and configure it. We are looking into utilizing [UMU launcher](https://github.com/Open-Wine-Components/umu-launcher) for Xenia instead and other Wine based systems in the future. + +This feels like a better approach that can give more synergies. + +We are waiting for the Open Wine Components Team (Heroic Game Launcher, Lutris, Bottles, Lutris, Proton-GE) to finish up their flatpak version firstly. + + +## Merged Cooker + +Several of the big feature branches are now merged into Cooker proper. + + +But the current cooker now features: + +- SRM (Add to Steam) +- Godot Configurator +- Updated Emulators +- PortMaster +- Lighter Manifest + +But having one big cooker now will make it easier to test everything in one go. + +NOTE: That not everything is working at the moment (including some systems). + +There is still plenty of work to do. + +## Development is a bit slower + +Please note that this is a big release with several features that requires coordination of several people that spends their free time doing this. + +It is a huge endeavor and we can't give any ETA's on when 0.9b will be released and done. + +Everyone in FOSS have to always balance their commitment to free software and still do everything life entails. + +We are looking into when the cooker is a bit more fleshed out and stable too maybe utilize the flathub-beta remote to facilitate easy testing. + +## That is all for now + +There are more things we are working on, but you will see them in future blog updates! + +Thanks everyone! + +//The RetroDECK Team + +### Links + +[Discord](https://discord.gg/WDc5C9YWMx) + +[Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#retrodeck:matrix.org) + +[Github](https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK) + +[Wiki](https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK/wiki) + +[Donations](https://retrodeck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/wiki_about/donations-licenses/) + +[Lemmy](https://lemmy.zip/c/retrodeck)