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wiki-rtd/docs/blog/posts/2025/January-2025.md

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+--- 
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+date: 2025-12-19
+
+--- 
+
+  
+
+# January 2025: Captain Comeback?
+
+WIP
+
+## Highlights 
+
+- WIP
+
+
+<!-- more --> 
+
+--- 
+
+<img src="../../../rd-xmas-logo.svg" width="300"> 
+
+## W
+
+WIP
+
+## 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 
+
+[RetroDECK Website](https://retrodeck.net/)  
+  
+[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) 

wiki-rtd/docs/wiki_rd_versions/version_0.9.0b/0.9.0b.md

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 ## Thanks for your patience 
 
-We want to thank the community for being patient with waiting for the next update. 
+If you read the January blog post we are pushing the Godot Configurator to a later version to implement more feedback we have gotten both internally and from our testers.
 
-## New Lighter Manifest
+We want to thank the community for being patient with waiting for the next update.  
+
+## New Lighter Manifest & Structure changes
 
 We have spent several months rewriting how RetroDECK is built from the ground up. 
 
 In doing so we have: 
 
-- Reduced the application size with 600mb. 
+- Reduced the application size with `600mb`. 
-- Building RetroDECK went from 3.30 hours to 1 hour! It makes it easier for new developers to contribute. 
+- Building RetroDECK went from 3.30 hours to about 1 hour. 
+- Went from a monolithic build approach to a modular approach (each component is built separately and stitched together into RetroDECK).
+- pre_build_automation script was reworked and additional functions have been added.
+- RetroDECK now is migrated to an organization on GitHub that is hosting the new modular structure.
 
 ## Launch with RetroDECK (RetroENGINE)
 
-You can now directly launch assign and launch game files in the Linux Desktop (Desktop Mode) with RetroDECK. 
+RetroDECK can be used as an headless engine to run your games.
 
-DESCRIBE AND FANCY PICTURES 
+On the Linux Desktop (or desktop mode), we added the option to open and run various files directly with RetroDECK. 
 
-## Launch with games via CLI
+<img src="../../../owr_appselect.png" width="500"> 
 
-A sub function of this is that you can now launch games via CLI. 
+
+
+<img src="../../../owr_infolder.png" width="300"> 
+
+**Will RetroENGINE detect what system I want to launch?**
+
+If you have the game file inside the corresponding roms/<system> folder RetroDECK will understand what system to launch. 
+
+**Example:**
+
+A  `.nes` file is inside the `retrodeck/roms/nes` folder. 
+
+When you click on it, RetroDECK opens it with the Nintendo Entertainment System emulator, and the game starts. 
+
+**What if it is not in the correct folder?**
+
+<img src="../../../owr_nonedir.png" width="500"> 
+
+When clicked, RetroDECK will prompt a dialog window asking which system the file belongs to and then run it.
+
+
+##  Launch with games via CLI
+
+You can also launch games directly via CLI with RetroENGINE.
+
+Example syntax: 
+
+`flatpak run net.retrodeck.retrodeck retrodeck/roms/<system>/<gamefile>` (`--help` for more information).
+
+This feature have been requested by other developers in the community (or for those Linux Wizard Grognards that only want to use CLI for everything).
 
 ## Steam Rom Manager & Steam Sync
 
-RetroDECK is now shipping with SRM-built in. 
+RetroDECK is now shipping with [Steam Rom Manager](https://steamgriddb.github.io/steam-rom-manager/) and the ability to Sync your games to Steam (Steam Sync) built-in. 
+
+**What is Steam Rom Manager?**
+
+**How does it work?**
+
+**Notice: Flatpak Steam not yet supported**
+
+We have not added support yet for Flatpak Steam.
 
-DESCRIBE AND FANCY PICTURES WITH SUGAR
 
 ## PortMaster
 
-DESCRIBE AND FANCY PICTURES WITH SHIPS AND STUFF AND MASTERS AND MAYBE PORTS
+RetroDECK is now shipping with [PortMaster](https://portmaster.games/). 
+
+**What is PortMaster?**
+
+**How does it work?**
 
 ## New RetroDECK ES-DE Theme
 
-We got our own theme and consider it the first version of it.
+We got our the first version of our own RetroDECK ES-DE theme!
+
+The theme is a remixed and inspired by the themes: Mini Banner made for Launchbox and ES-DE-Mini made for ES-DE.
+
+The original themes Mini Banner and ES-DE-Mini are made by: `Weestuarty`, `DerSchlachter`, `Dan Patrick`.
+
+The RetroDECK Theme features:
+
+- Other types of sub-menus and layout.
+- Icons for RetroDECK features like PortMaster.
+- RetroDECK colors / graphics. 
+
+<img src="../../../RetroDECKESDE1.webp" width="800">
+
+<img src="../../../RetroDECKESDE2.webp" width="800"> 
+
+The new theme is made by: `Weestuarty`
 
 ## New Website
 
 We soft launched it before, but we are considering it a part of this update! Have you found the hidden games yet?
 
-
-               <li>New feature for Desktop: RetroENGINE, now RetroDECK can be used as an headless engine to run your gaems. Just duouble click them!</li>
-               <li>New default theme: RetroDECK now got its own custom theme for ES-DE, do you like it? Feel free to give us feedback</li>
-               <li>We soft laucnhed our new website earlier, come to take a look at retrodeck.net!</li>
-            </ul>
-            <p>Changes:</p>
-            <ul>
                <li>Duckstation due to licensing changes is frozen at the latest possible build becoming de facto: Legacy</li>
                <li>Duckstation configured to use OpenGL as Vulkan seems to be broken in some cases</li>
                <li>Because of Steam Sync, Favorites collection is now enabled by default on ES-DE</li>
                <li>ES-DE Updated to 3.1.1 with language support and more</li>
                <li>ES-DE main menu tide up, because of our configurator there were too many entries, moved ES-DE specific configs inside a custom menu</li>
-            </ul>
+              
-            <p>Developers, developers, developers:</p>
-            <ul>
-               <li>Manifest was completely redone, more on that on the October blog post</li>
-               <li>RetroDECK now is migrated to an organization on GitHub, as before, please check the October blog post</li>
-               <li>pre_build_automation script was reworked and additional functions are added</li>
-               <li>Contributing is now easier and the manifest build time is down to about 1h (was 3h30)</li>
-            </ul>
-
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-## MORE Secrets
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-## GitGud