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Ubuntu Guide. Learn about getting your Ubuntu Desktop/Server ready for development. Including Ubuntu Security, Graphics (AMD/NVIDIA/Intel ARC), and Software Apps.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide
- Owner: mikeroyal
- Created: 2021-02-03T01:48:42.000Z (over 5 years ago)
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- Last Pushed: 2024-01-04T22:45:57.000Z (over 2 years ago)
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README
Ubuntu Guide
#### A guide on setting up your Ubuntu Desktop with all the essential Applications, Tools, and Games to make your experience with Ubuntu great! This may not be perfect guide for everyone but I feel there is at least one or more perfect solutions for New and Advanced Ubuntu users.
**Note: You can easily convert this markdown file to a PDF in [VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/) using this handy extension [Markdown PDF](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=yzane.markdown-pdf).**
# Table of Contents
1. [Getting Started](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#getting-started)
- [Additional Ubuntu Tools & Resources for Enterprise & Small Businesses](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide#additional-ubuntu-tools--resources-for-enterprise--small-businesses)
- [Removing Snap and adding Flatpak support](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide#removing-snap-and-adding-flatpak-support)
- [Setting up PipeWire for Ubuntu/Debian](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide#setting-up-pipewire-for-ubuntudebian)
2. [Getting Software](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#getting-software)
3. [Gaming](#gaming)
- [Linux Gaming Resources](#Linux-Gaming-Resources)
- [Upgrading the Linux Kernel](#Upgrading-the-Linux-Kernel)
- [Setting up OBS Studio](#Setting-up-OBS-Studio)
* [Useful OBS Studio 3rd party Plugins & Themes](#useful-obs-studio-3rd-party-plugins-and-themes)
- [Discord](#Discord)
- [Game Controllers](#Controllers)
- [Steam](#steam)
- [ProtonDB](#protondb)
- [Lutris](#lutris)
* [Epic Games Store integration](#Epic-Games-Store-integration)
* [Blizzard Battle.net integration](#Blizzard-Battlenet-integration)
* [EA Play integration](#EA-Play-integration)
* [Origin integration](#Origin-integration)
* [Ubisoft Connect integration](#Ubisoft-Connect-integration)
* [GOG Galaxy integration](#GOG-Galaxy-integration)
- [Playnite](#playnite)
- [GameHub](#gamehub)
- [Epic Games Store](#epic-games-store)
- [Game Streaming](#Game-streaming)
* [Cloud Game Streaming](#Cloud-Game-Streaming)
* [Local Game Streaming](#Local-Game-Streaming)
- [Game Emulators](#Game-emulators)
* [Emulator Frontends](#Frontends)
* [Nintendo GameCube & Wii](#Nintendo-GameCube--Wii)
* [Nintendo Switch](#Nintendo-Switch)
* [Nintendo 64](#Nintendo-64)
* [Nintendo 3DS](#Nintendo-3DS)
* [Nintendo DS](#Nintendo-DS)
* [Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)](#Super-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-SNES)
* [Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)](#Nintendo-Entertainment-System)
* [Game Boy Advance](#Game-Boy-Advance)
* [DOS](#DOS)
* [Atari](#Atari)
* [Sega Dreamcast](#Sega-Dreamcast)
* [PlayStation Portable](#PlayStation-Portable)
* [PlayStation 1](#PlayStation-1)
* [PlayStation 2](#PlayStation-2)
* [PlayStation 3](#PlayStation-3)
* [Xbox](#Xbox)
* [MAME](#MAME)
- [Running Windows games with Bottles](#running-windows-games-with-bottles)
- [Hardware Performance(CPU, GPU, Gaming Peripherals)](#hardware-performancecpu-gpu-gaming-peripherals)
* [NVIDIA](#NVIDIA)
* [AMD](#AMD)
* [Intel ARC](#Intel-Arc)
* [Gaming Peripherals](#Gaming-Peripherals)
- [Performance Benchmarks](#performance-benchmarks)
- [WINE](#wine)
4. [Game Development](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#game-development)
5. [Setting up a macOS Workspace](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#setting-up-a-macos-workspace)
6. [Setting up a Windows 10 Workspace](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#setting-up-a-windows-10-workspace)
7. [Using Android and Android Apps on Linux](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#using-android-and-android-apps-on-linux)
8. [Professional Audio/Video Editing](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#professional-audio--video-editing)
9. [Kubernetes](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#kubernetes)
10. [Machine Learning](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#machine-learning)
11. [Robotics](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#robotics)
12. [Open Source Security](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#open-source-security)
13. [Differential Privacy](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#differential-privacy)
14. [Cloud Native Development](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#cloud-native-development)
15. [DevOps Development](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#devops-development)
16. [Flutter Development](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#flutter-development)
17. [Networking](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#networking)
18. [Databases](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#databases)
19. [GNOME Extensions](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#gnome-extensions)
20. [Advanced Topics](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#advanced-topics)
# Getting Started
[Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/) is a modern open source operating system on Linux for the enterprise Server, Desktop, Cloud, and IoT developed by Canonical. Also, checkout the new [Ubuntu Desktop Installer](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/refreshing-the-ubuntu-desktop-installer/20659), which will be available to test in the 21.10 release (October 2021).
[Ubuntu Flavours](https://www.ubuntu.com/download/flavours) is for those that prefer an alternative desktop environment such as [KDE Plasma Desktop](https://kubuntu.org/), [MATE](https://ubuntu-mate.org/), [Xfce](https://xubuntu.org/), [LXQt](https://lubuntu.me/), [Budgie](https://ubuntubudgie.org/), and [UKUI](https://www.ubuntukylin.com/) you can download a Flavour for your preferred desktop environment and use that to install Ubuntu, pre-configured for the desktop environment of your choice.
Ubuntu Desktop
[Etcher](https://www.balena.io/etcher/) is an open source, cross-platform software that makes it easy to flash operating system images to a microSD card or USB device.
Etcher UI
## Additional Ubuntu Tools & Resources for Enterprise & Small Businesses
[Ubuntu Community Hub](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/)
[Ubuntu Tutorials](https://ubuntu.com/tutorials)
[FreeRDP](https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP) is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients.
[apt-get](https://github.com/wimpysworld/deb-get) is a tool that provides functionality for .debs published in 3rd party repositories or via direct download. It works on Ubuntu and derivative distributions.
[ZFS](https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/819-5461/zfsover-2/) is an enterprise-ready open source file system and volume manager with unprecedented flexibility and an uncompromising commitment to data integrity.
[OpenZFS](https://openzfs.org/wiki/Main_Page ) is an open-source storage platform. It includes the functionality of both traditional file systems and volume manager. It has many advanced features including:
- Protection against data corruption.
- Integrity checking for both data and metadata.
- Continuous integrity verification and automatic "self-healing" repair.
[Multipass](https://multipass.run/) is a command line interface to launch, manage and generally test with instances of Linux(Ubuntu) in a VM. It works on Linux, Windows and macOS.
[LXD](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/) is a next generation system container manager. It offers a user experience similar to virtual machines but using Linux containers instead. It's image based with pre-made images available for a wide number of Linux distributions and is built around a very powerful, yet pretty simple, REST API.
[MAAS](https://maas.io/) is an open source SDDC solution used by telcos, financial institutions, media companies and supercomputer admins to take care of all the low-level details. PXE, IPMI, ILO and all the custom protocols needed for diverse vendor hardware support come together in one clean REST API with Python bindings for easy integration and automation.
[JuJu](https://juju.is/) is an open source application modeling tool for public and private clouds. It forms part of Ubuntu's cloud portfolio, together with Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu OpenStack, MAAS for bare-metal provisioning, and Landscape for systems management and monitoring.
[JAAS (Juju as a Service)](https://jaas.ai/) is a service that makes it easy to deploy [OpenStack](https://www.openstack.org/) at scale. Where you quickly and reliably build an enterprise-scale cloud running on Ubuntu.
[Ubuntu OpenStack](https://ubuntu.com/openstack)is the #1 platform for [OpenStack](https://www.openstack.org/) and the #1 platform for public cloud operations on [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/), [Microsoft Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/) and [Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/).
[Ubuntu is the reference platform for Kubernetes](https://ubuntu.com/kubernetes) on all major public clouds, including official support in Google's GKE, Microsoft's AKS and Amazon's EKS CAAS offerings.
[Ubuntu on WSL](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WSL) is a wiki guide on getting started with the latest version of Ubuntu installed and setup on WSL for Windows 10.
[Ubuntu Pro for Azure](https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/apps/canonical.0001-com-ubuntu-pro-focal?tab=Overview) is a premium image designed by Canonical optimized for production environments running on Azure. It includes security and compliance services, enabled by default, in a form suitable for small to large-scale Linux enterprise operations with no contract needed.
[Ubuntu on AWS](https://ubuntu.com/aws)
[Ubuntu on Azure](https://ubuntu.com/azure)
[Active Directory Integration on Ubuntu](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/files/6064814/Active_Directory_Integration_Ubuntu_Desktop_Final.pdf)
## Removing Snap and adding Flatpak support
[Unsnap](https://github.com/popey/unsnap) is a tool to quickly migrate from using snap packages to flatpaks.
Unsnap running in the terminal. Credit: [Alan Pope](https://github.com/popey/)
## Setting up PipeWire for Ubuntu/Debian
* [PipeWire - Ubuntu Wiki](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/TestPlans/Pipewire)
**Note:** For those using Pop!_OS 22.04 or later PipeWire is already setup by default. PipeWire will be default starting with [Ubuntu 22.10 (October 2022)](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/pipewire-as-a-replacement-for-pulseaudio/28489/30). So these install instructions are for those running older Ubuntu versions like 22.04 and 20.04 LTS releases.
Before you begin make sure to cd ```/etc/apt/sources.list.d``` in the terminal.
### Install PipeWire
```sudo apt install pipewire```
**Create this empty file:**
```# touch /etc/pipewire/media-session.d/with-pulseaudio```
Create a pipewire-pulse service by copying the example files:
```# cp /usr/share/doc/pipewire/examples/systemd/user/pipewire-pulse.* /etc/systemd/user/```
#### Run these three commands as your regular user (not as root):
**Check for new service files with:**
```systemctl --user daemon-reload```
**Disable and stop the PulseAudio service with:**
```systemctl --user --now disable pulseaudio.service pulseaudio.socket```
**Enable and start the new pipewire-pulse service with:**
```systemctl --user --now enable pipewire pipewire-pulse```
**This will configure PipeWire to activate its PulseAudio replacement daemon. Verify that it's enabled by running:**
```LANG=C pactl info | grep '^Server Name'```
It should say **Server Name: PulseAudio (on PipeWire 0.3.19 or later)**.
**To ensure this continues working after a reboot. You will need to "mask" the PulseAudio service by running:**
```systemctl --user mask pulseaudio```
## Installing Pop Shell on Ubuntu
[Pop Shell](https://github.com/pop-os/shell) is a keyboard-driven layer for GNOME Shell which allows for quick and sensible navigation and management of windows. The core feature of Pop Shell is the addition of advanced tiling window management similar to i3wm.
In order to use Pop Shell your system must have the following applications installed.
- GNOME Shell 3.36 or later
- TypeScript 3.8
- GNU Make
```sh
sudo apt install node-typescript make
git clone https://github.com/pop-os/shell
cd shell
./rebuild.sh
```
## Vanilla GNOME in Ubuntu
```sh
sudo apt install gnome-session
```
**Complete this process by Logging out of the system then will click on the settings button in bottom right corner and choose 'GNOME on Xorg'. After that just log back into your system and you will a Vanilla GNOME layout for your Ubuntu system.**
## GNOME Tweaks
```sh
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool //let's you customize your desktop layout.
```
## Enable Firewall
```sh
sudo ufw enable //enables firewall
sudo ufw status //checks status of firewall
```
# Getting Software
[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#table-of-contents)
## Ubuntu Software Center
**Note 1: All this software is also available in other popular Linux distributions such as [Debian](https://www.debian.org/), [Linux Mint](https://linuxmint.com/), [elementary OS](https://elementary.io/), [Pop!_OS](https://pop.system76.com/), [Fedora](https://getfedora.org), [Manjaro Linux](https://manjaro.org/), [EndeavourOS](https://endeavouros.com/) and [Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/).**
**Note 2: For new users not comfortable with using the command-line checkout the Essential Apps section to get started. Also, if you scroll down further you'll see other easy ways to get software applications through Flathub, Snap Store, and AppImages.**
## Setting up GNOME Software Center(for those that don't want to use Ubuntu Software Center)
```sh
sudo apt install gnome-software
sudo apt install snapd
sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-snap
sudo apt install flatpak
sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
```
## Essential Apps(depending on your workflow)
[Google Chrome browser](https://www.google.com/chrome/)
[Microsoft Edge browser](https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=linux)
[Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/Download) or [VSCodium](https://vscodium.com)
[Microsoft Teams](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app)
[Microsoft 365 with Office apps(formerly Office Online)](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web)
[Google Workspace (formerly G Suite)](https://workspace.google.com/)
[Zoom](https://zoom.us/download?os=linux)
[How to install iCloud on Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/icloud-for-linux/ubuntu)
[pCloud](https://www.pcloud.com/) is the secure cloud storage(like GoogleDrive), where you can store, share and work on all your files. You can access them on any device, anywhere you go.
[Jitsi Meet](https://jitsi.org/jitsi-meet/) is a fully encrypted, 100% open source video conferencing solution.
[Cisco Webex Web App](https://help.webex.com/en-us/n1pxgbz/Cisco-Webex-Web-App) is the web based version of Cisco Webex video conferencing solution.
[Slack](https://slack.com/downloads/linux)
[Trello Web App](https://trello.com/platforms)
[Skype](https://www.skype.com/en/get-skype/)
[Discord](https://discord.com/download)
[TeamViewer](https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/linux/)
[Spotify](https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/)
[Apple Music(Web)](https://music.apple.com/) is the web app version of Apple Music that runs in Safari, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.
[MATLAB Online](https://matlab.mathworks.com) allows to users to uilitize MATLAB and Simulink through a web browser such as Google Chrome.
[Adobe Lighroom Online photo editor](https://lightroom.adobe.com) is an online web version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. Adobe account required to sign-in to app.
[Adobe Spark(Web)](https://spark.adobe.com) is an applications let you make cool Social Graphics, Short Videos, and Web Pages. Adobe account required to sign-in to app.
[Photopea](https://www.photopea.com/) is an advanced online image editor supporting PSD, XCF, Sketch, XD and CDR formats. (Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, Sketch App, Adobe XD, CorelDRAW).
[Master PDF Editor](https://code-industry.net/masterpdfeditor/) is straightforward, easy to use application for working with PDF documents equipped with powerful multi-purpose functionality. With Master PDF Editor you can easily view, create and modify PDF documents.
[CrossOver Linux®](https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover) is a Microsoft Windows compatibility layer(based on [WINE(Wine Is Not an Emulator)](https://www.winehq.org)). The CrossOver compatibility layer enables thousands of Windows-based applications to run on Linux, macOS, or Chrome OS.
[WinApps for Linux](https://github.com/Fmstrat/winapps) is a program that runs Windows apps such as Microsoft Office & Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration for right clicking on files of specific mime types to open them.
[DaVinci Resolve video editor](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/) is complete video editing solution that combines professional 8K editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in one software tool.
[Reaper Audio editor](https://www.reaper.fm/download.php) is a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.
[Flameshot](https://flameshot.org/) is a powerful yet simple to use screenshot software.
[Timeshift](https://github.com/linuxmint/timeshift) for Linux is an application that provides functionality similar to the System Restore feature in Windows and the Time Machine tool in Mac OS. Timeshift protects your system by taking incremental snapshots of the file system at regular intervals. These snapshots can be restored at a later date to undo all changes to the system.
[Stacer](https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer) is an open source system optimizer and application monitor that helps users to manage their entire system. Also available as an AppImage.
[Nativefier](https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier) is a command-line tool to easily create a desktop app for any web site with minimal configuration. Apps are wrapped by [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/) (which uses Chromium under the hood) in an OS executable (.app, .exe, etc) for use on Windows, macOS and Linux.
## App Outlet
[App Outlet](https://app-outlet.github.io/) is a Universal application store(Flatpaks, Snaps, and AppImages) inspired by the Linux App Store online service.
## Snaps
[Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store) is a build and distribution service for Snap applications.
[Snapcraft Forum](https://forum.snapcraft.io/)
## Flatpaks
[FlatHub](https://flathub.org/) is a build and distribution service for Flatpak applications.
[FlatHub Forum](https://discourse.flathub.org/)
## AppImages
[AppImageHub](https://www.appimagehub.com) is a build and distribution service for AppImage applications.
[AppImage Manager](https://github.com/AppImageCrafters/appimage-manager) is a package manager for AppImages.
[AppImage Forum](https://discourse.appimage.org/)
# Gaming
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
### Linux Gaming Resources
* [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/)
* [BoilinSteam](https://boilingsteam.com/)
* [PCGamingWiki](https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home)
* [Rootgamer](https://rootgamer.com/about-us/)
* [Linux Gaming Central](https://linuxgamingcentral.com/)
* [Linux Game Cast](https://www.youtube.com/c/linuxgamecast)
* [r/linux_gaming subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming)
## Upgrading the Linux Kernel
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
**Reasons to upgrade to the latest Linux Kernel:**
* Better performance improvements.
* Newest graphics drivers for new AMD and Intel ARC CPUS/GPUs.
**Displays the current Kernel version for your system**
```uname -r```
**“/proc/version”** file contains the current Linux kernel version, the version of GCC used to compile the kernel and the compile time of the Kernel.
```cat /proc/version```
#### Starting the Upgrade Process
Update your update your system:
```sudo apt update```
Add the [**cappelikan** repository](https://code.launchpad.net/~cappelikan/+archive/ubuntu/ppa) to your system as it is required for Ubuntu Main Kernel installer:
```sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cappelikan/ppa -y```
Then install Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Installer:
```sudo apt install mainline -y```
When the tool is install and open the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel you will the different kernels you can install. I reccommend for stability that you have two kernels insatlled. By keeping the stable LTS kernel 5.15 and also installing the latest kernel, which would be Kernel 6.0.
Ubuntu Mainline Kernel Tool
Lastly, reboot your Ubuntu system so that it can take changes from the new kernel installation:
```sudo reboot```
## Setting up OBS Studio
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)](https://obsproject.com/) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding. OBS Studio added **native PipeWire and Wayland support in version 27**.
**Installing OBS Studio on Ubuntu:**
```sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio```
```sudo apt update```
```sudo apt install ffmpeg obs-studio```
**OR**
[](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.obsproject.Studio)
OBS Studio
* [OBS PipeWire Audio Capture](https://github.com/dimtpap/obs-pipewire-audio-capture) is a plugin adds 3 sources for OBS Studio tocapture audio outputs, inputs and applications using PipeWire.
* [OBS Scale To Sound](https://github.com/dimtpap/obs-scale-to-sound) is a plugin for OBS Studio that adds a filter which makes a source scale based on the audio levels of any audio source you choose.
* [OBS Studio Fully-loaded](https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-fully-loaded) is a script for Ubuntu/Debian-based systems that installs OBS Studio along with pre-loaded extra features and plugins. This project is developed and maintained by [Martin Wimpress](https://github.com/wimpysworld/).
### Useful OBS Studio 3rd party plugins and themes.
* **[Advanced Scene Switcher](https://github.com/WarmUpTill/SceneSwitcher)** plugin; an automated scene switcher.
* **[Audio Pan](https://github.com/norihiro/obs-audio-pan-filter)** plugin; control stereo pan of audio source.
* **[Browser](https://github.com/obsproject/obs-browser)** plugin; CEF-based OBS Studio browser plugin.
* **[Directory Watch Media](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-dir-watch-media)** plugin; filter you can add to media source to load the oldest or newest file in a directory.
* **[Downstream Keyer](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-downstream-keyer)** plugin; add a Downstream Keyer dock.
* **[Dynamic Delay](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-dynamic-delay)** plugin; filter for dynamic delaying a video source.
* **[Freeze Filter](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-freeze-filter)** plugin; freeze a source using a filter.
* **[Gradient Source](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-gradient-source)** plugin; adding gradients as a Soource.
* **[GStreamer](https://github.com/fzwoch/obs-gstreamer)** plugins; feed GStreamer launch pipelines into OBS Studio and use GStreamer encoder elements.
* **[Move Transition](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-move-transition)** plugin; move source to a new position during scene transition.
* **[Multi Source Effect](https://github.com/norihiro/obs-multisource-effect)** plugin; provides a custom effect to render multiple sources.
* **[NDI](https://github.com/Palakis/obs-ndi)** plugin; Network A/V via NewTek's NDI.
* **[NvFBC](https://gitlab.com/fzwoch/obs-nvfbc)** plugin; screen capture via NVIDIA FBC API. Requires [NvFBC patches for Nvidia drivers](https://github.com/keylase/nvidia-patch) for consumer grade GPUs.
* **[Pulse App Capture](https://github.com/jbwong05/obs-pulseaudio-app-capture)** plugin; capture application audio from PulseAudio.
* **[Soundboard](https://github.com/cg2121/obs-soundboard)** plugin; adds a soundboard dock.
* **[Source Copy](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-source-copy)** plugin; adds copy and paste options to the tools menu.
* **[Source Dock](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-source-dock)** plugin; create a Dock for a source, which lets you see audio levels, change volume and control media.
* **[Recursion Effect](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-recursion-effect)** plugin; recursion effect filter.
* **[Replay Source](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-replay-source)** plugin; slow motion replay async sources from memory.
* **[RGB Levels](https://github.com/petrifiedpenguin/obs-rgb-levels-filter)** plugin; simple filter to adjust RGB levels.
* **[RTSPServer](https://github.com/iamscottxu/obs-rtspserver/)** plugin; encode and publish to a RTSP stream.
* **[Scale to Sound](https://github.com/Qufyy/obs-scale-to-sound)** plugin; adds a filter which makes a source scale based on the audio levels of any audio source you choose
* **[Scene Collection Manager](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-scene-collection-manager)** plugin; filter, backup and restore Scene Collections.
* **[Scene Notes Dock](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-scene-notes-dock)** plugin; create a Dock for showing and editing notes for the current active scene.
* **[Source Record](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-source-record)** plugin; make sources available to record via a filter.
* **[Source Switcher](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-source-switcher)** plugin; to switch between a list of sources.
* **[Spectralizer](https://github.com/univrsal/spectralizer)** plugin; audio visualization using fftw.
* **[StreamFX](https://github.com/Xaymar/obs-StreamFX)** plugin; collection modern effects filters and transitions.
* **[Teleport](https://github.com/fzwoch/obs-teleport)** plugin; open NDI-like replacement.
* **[Text Pango](https://github.com/kkartaltepe/obs-text-pango)** plugin; Provides a text source rendered using Pango with multi-language support, emoji support, vertical rendering and RTL support.
* **[Text PThread](https://github.com/norihiro/obs-text-pthread)** plugin; Rich text source plugin with many advanced features.
* **[Time Warp Scan](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-time-warp-scan)** plugin; a time warp scan filter.
* **[Transition Table](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-transition-table)** plugin; customize scene transitions.
* **[Virtual Cam Filter](https://github.com/exeldro/obs-virtual-cam-filter)** plugin; make sources available to the virtual camera via a filter
* **[VNC Source](https://github.com/norihiro/obs-vnc)** plugin; VNC viewer that works as a source.
* **[Websockets](https://github.com/Palakis/obs-websocket)** plugin; remote-control OBS Studio through WebSockets, compatible with [StreamControl](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.t4ils.obs_remote&hl=en).
## Discord
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Discord](https://discord.com/) is an application with modern voice & text chat app. It provides clear voice, multiple server and channel support, mobile apps, and more. It's available on Linux, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, and your web browser. [Flatpak verion](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.discordapp.Discord) or [Snap version](https://snapcraft.io/discord).
[Discord-ScreenAudio](https://flathub.org/apps/details/de.shorsh.discord-screenaudio) is a custom discord client that supports streaming with audio on Linux, made possible by the great work of @edisionnano and the Rohrkabel library by @Curve.
## Controllers
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[Xbox Wireless Controller + USB-C® Cable](https://www.xbox.com/en-us/accessories/controllers/xbox-wireless-controller-usb-c)
Xbox Controller
[PlayStation 5 DualSense™ Wireless Controller](https://www.playstation.com/en-us/accessories/dualsense-wireless-controller/)
* [Update the wireless controller firmware](https://controller.dl.playstation.net/controller/lang/gb/fwupdater.html)
**Note:** make sure to use [Bottles](https://usebottles.com/) to run this firmware update.
PS 5 DualSense™ Controller
[Nintendo Switch Pro Controller](https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch-Pro-Controller/dp/B01NAWKYZ0)
Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
## Steam
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
**Installing Steam**
Open your terminal and enter:
```sudo apt install steam-installer```
**OR**
[Steam Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.valvesoftware.Steam) available on FlatHub.
[Steam Remote Play Together](https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay/#together) is a steam service that let's you share your Steam local multi-player games with friends over the internet, for free. Using Remote Play Together, one player owns and runs the game, then up to four players can join.
[Proton](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/) is a tool for use with the Steam client which allows games which are exclusive to Windows to run on the Linux operating system. It uses Wine to facilitate this.
[Proton Experimental](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog) is an easier way to check out and test the upcoming stable releases of new Proton versions for Linux desktop and Steam Deck.
**The following games are now playable:**
- Rift
- Unravel 2
- Airborne Kingdom
- Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull
- Re-Volt
- Aspire: Ina's Tale
- Battle Realms: Zen Edition
- Deathsmiles II
- Primal Carnage: Extinction
- Pico Park Classic Edition
- Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
- Darkstar One
- Indiana Jones and the Emperor Tomb
- Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition
* Fix Batman: Arkham City GOTY launching in the background on Steam Deck when set to fullscreen.
* Fix Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered displaying dialog about outdated drivers on AMD systems.
* Fix Final Fantasy IV (3D Remake) having no audio.
* Fix Return to Monkey Island not reacting to mouse clicks after a recent game update.
* Fix upsidedown videos in VRChat and many other games.
* Fix Call of Duty Black Ops II Zombies and Multiplayer hanging on exit.
* Fix Bail or Jail crashing when opening the Terms of Serivce.
* Improve GTA V situation with not loading textures.
* Fix Red Dead Redemption 2 crashing after a recent game update.
* Fix Final Fantasy XIV Online launcher functionality after game update.
* Fix cutscene stutter in Disgaea 5.
* Fix Thrustmaster HOTAS having non-functional dial in Elite Dangerous.
* Fix Planet Zoo randomly crashing.
* Fix SCP: Secret Labratory not being playable after a recent game update (again).
* Fix Tekken 7 crashing at launch.
* Fix Armello hanging on exit.
* Fix Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization freezing after the tutorial.
* Fix Space Engineers intro video not playing correctly.
* Fix Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen videos not playing correctly.
* Implement network video support for VRChat.
* Update dxvk to v1.10.3-28-ge3daa699.
[ProtonUp-Qt](https://github.com/DavidoTek/ProtonUp-Qt) is a tool to install and manage [Proton-GE](https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom) and [Luxtorpeda](https://github.com/luxtorpeda-dev/luxtorpeda) for Steam and [Wine-GE](https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/wine-ge-custom) for Lutris with this graphical user interface. Based on AUNaseef's [ProtonUp](https://github.com/AUNaseef/protonup), made with Python 3 and Qt 6.
## Enable Proton in Steam
- Click on “Steam” then “Settings” to open the Settings window at the far-left corner.
- On the “Settings” window, click on “Steam Play.” Ensure you check the “Enable Steam Play for supported files” and “Enable Steam Play for all other titles” checkboxes. Lastly, select the Proton version you wish to use from the drop-down menu.
## ProtonDB
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[ProtonDB](https://www.protondb.com) is a collection of over 100,000 gaming reports from other gamers as they test games with Proton on Linux and provide aggregate scores of how well games perform. A growing pool of suggestions provides tweaks that you can try to get games working while Proton continues development. In addition to this, you may explore the Steam game catalog on this site to browse and discover a wide range of titles that were previously unavailable for use on Linux.
## Lutris
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Lutris](https://lutris.net)is a gaming client for Linux. It gives you access to all your video games with the exception of the current console generation. Also, integrates nicely with other stores like GOG, Steam, Battle.net, Origin, Uplay and many other sources that allow you to import your existing game library and community maintained install scripts give you a completely automated setup.
### Epic Games Store integration
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Add Epic Games Store](https://lutris.net/games/epic-games-store/)
### Blizzard Battle.net intgeration
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Blizzard Battle.net](https://lutris.net/games/battlenet/) is an internet-based online gaming, digital distribution, and digital rights management platform developed by Activision and Blizzard Entertainment. Battle.net is the launcher for World of Warcraft, Diablo III, StarCraft II, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Overwatch and Call of Duty.
### EA Play integration
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[EA Play](https://lutris.net/games/ea-desktop/) is a subscription-based video game service from Electronic Arts for the Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows platforms, offering access to selected games published by Electronic Arts along with additional incentives.
### Origin integration
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Origin](https://lutris.net/games/origin/) is an online gaming, digital distribution and digital rights management (DRM) platform developed by Electronic Arts that allows users to purchase games on the internet for PC and mobile platforms, and download them with the Origin client (formerly EA Download Manager, EA Downloader and EA Link).
### Ubisoft Connect integration
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Ubisoft Connect](https://lutris.net/games/ubisoft-connect/) is a digital distribution, digital rights management, multiplayer and communications service created by Ubisoft to provide an experience similar to the achievements/trophies offered by various other game companies.
### GOG Galaxy integration
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[GOG GALAXY](https://lutris.net/games/gog-galaxy/) is a fully optional client to install, play and update your games.
### Playnite
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Playnite](https://playnite.link/) is an open source video game library manager and launcher with support for 3rd party libraries like Steam, GOG, Origin, Battle.net and Ubisoft Connect. Includes game emulation support, providing one unified interface for your games.
## GameHub
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[GameHub](https://github.com/tkashkin/GameHub) is a unified library for all your games. It allows you to store your games from different platforms into one program to make it easier for you to manage your games.
**GameHub supports:**
- native games for Linux
- **multiple compatibility layers:**
- Wine
- Proton
- [DOSBox](https://www.dosbox.com/)
- [RetroArch](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118310/RetroArch/)
- [ScummVM](https://www.scummvm.org/)
- [WineWrap](https://www.gog.com/forum/general/adamhms_linux_wine_wrappers_news_faq_discussion/post1) — a set of preconfigured wrappers for [supported games](https://www.gog.com/forum/general/adamhms_linux_wine_wrappers_news_faq_discussion/post3);
- custom emulators
- **multiple game platforms:**
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/)
- [GOG](https://www.gog.com/)
- [Humble Bundle (including Humble Trove)](https://www.humblebundle.com/)
- [itch.io](https://itch.io/)
## Epic Games Store
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Heroic](https://heroicgameslauncher.com/) is an Open Source Game Launcher for Linux, Windows and macOS (for both Native and Windows Games using Crossover). It supports launching games from the Epic Games Store using Legendary, a CLI alternative to the Epic Games Launcher. [Flatpak for Heroic Games Launcher](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl)
[Epic Games Store](https://www.epicgames.com/store/) is a digital video game storefront for Microsoft Windows and macOS, operated by Epic Games.
## Game Streaming
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
### Cloud Game Streaming
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Xbox Cloud Gaming](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/cloud-gaming) is Microsoft's cloud-based Xbox game-streaming technology **(currently in Beta)**. **Play games like Forza Horizon 4, Halo 5: Guardians, Gears of War 4, Sea of Thieves, Cuphead, Red Dead Redemption 2, and 100+ other games on your mobile device or Chrome web browser**. Xbox Cloud Gaming does require an **[Xbox Game Pass Ultimate](https://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-game-pass/cloud-gaming)** subscription.
[Geforce NOW](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/download/) is NVIDIA's Cloud Gaming Service.
[Amazon Luna](https://www.amazon.com/luna/landing-page) is Amazon's Cloud Gaming Service. Amazon Luna is Compatible/Supported on a vartiey of [Devices and Browsers](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GUFHUSX8X324T4XE).
[Shadow](https://shadow.tech/) is a fully-featured, cloud-based, high-end computer. It is the only remote service that offers performance capable of competing with a local PC. Available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android/AndroidTV, and iOS/tvOS.
### Local Game Streaming
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Steam Remote Play Together](https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay/#together) is a steam service that let's you share your Steam local multi-player games with friends over the internet, for free. Using Remote Play Together, one player owns and runs the game, then up to four players can join.
[Steam Link app](https://store.steampowered.com/steamlink/about) is available free of charge, streaming your Steam PC games to phones, tablets, and TV.
[Chiaki](https://git.sr.ht/~thestr4ng3r/chiaki) is a Free and Open Source Software Client for **PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 Remote Play** for Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Android, macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch and potentially even more platforms. [Chiaki Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/re.chiaki.Chiaki)
[Parsec](https://parsec.app/cloud-gaming) is a video game streaming platform, which offers a wide variety of games and genres to choose from and provides a high-quality and smooth gameplay. SParsec is developed in order to provide a high-quality smooth gameplay, same time to be free of all ads and in-game purchases.
[Moonlight Game Streaming](https://moonlight-stream.org/) is a program that let you stream from your PC games over the Internet with no configuration required. Stream from almost any device, whether you're in another room or miles away from your gaming rig. [Sunshine](https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine) is a **Game stream host for Moonlight** that is a self-hosted, low latency, cloud gaming solution with support for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA GPUs.
## Game Emulators
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
**Also checkout these subreddits for more great Game Emulators recommendations**
- [r/emulation](https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/)
- [r/emulations](https://www.reddit.com/r/emulators/)
- [r/RetroArch](https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroArch/)
- [r/DolphinEmulator](https://www.reddit.com/r/DolphinEmulator/)
- [r/Citra](https://www.reddit.com/r/Citra/)
- [r/cemu](https://www.reddit.com/r/cemu/)
- [r/yuzu](https://www.reddit.com/r/yuzu/)
- [r/OpenEmu](https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenEmu/)
- [r/MAME](https://www.reddit.com/r/MAME/)
- [r/EmuDev](https://www.reddit.com/r/EmuDev/)
- [r/Roms](https://www.reddit.com/r/Roms/)
### Frontends
[EmulationStation Desktop Edition (ES-DE)](https://www.es-de.org/) is a frontend application for browsing and launching games from your multi-platform game collection. It's available for Unix/Linux, macOS(M1 & Intel) and Windows.
[RetroArch](https://www.retroarch.com/) is a frontend for emulators, game engines and media players. It enables you to run classic games on a wide range of computers and consoles through its slick graphical interface. Settings are also unified so configuration is done once and for all. [RetroArch Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.libretro.RetroArch)
[RetroPie](https://retropie.org.uk/) is a frontend for emulators that allows you to turn your Raspberry Pi, ODroid C1/C2, or PC into a retro-gaming machine. It builds upon Raspbian, [EmulationStation](https://github.com/Aloshi/EmulationStation), RetroArch and many other projects to enable you to play your favourite Arcade, home-console, and classic PC games with the minimum set-up.
[Pegasus](https://pegasus-frontend.org/) is a cross platform, customizable graphical frontend for launching emulators and managing your game library (especially retro games) and launching them from one place. It's focused on customizability, cross platform support (including embedded devices) and high performance. [Pegasus Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.pegasus_frontend.Pegasus)
[Mednaffe](https://github.com/AmatCoder/mednaffe) is a front-end (GUI) for mednafen emulator which is a portable argument(command-line)-driven multi-system emulator. [Mednaffe Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.AmatCoder.mednaffe)
**The following systems are supported:**
* Atari Lynx
* Neo Geo Pocket (Color)
* WonderSwan
* GameBoy (Color)
* GameBoy Advance
* Nintendo Entertainment System
* Super Nintendo Entertainment System/Super Famicom
* Virtual Boy
* PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 (CD)
* SuperGrafx
* PC-FX
* Sega Game Gear
* Sega Genesis/Megadrive
* Sega Master System
* Sega Saturn (experimental, x86_64 only)
* Sony PlayStation
[Cartridge](https://github.com/unclebacon-live/cartridge) is a self-hosted game library made with Laravel + Vue.js.
Cartridge Features
- Scan for ROM files and match with IGDB game information
- Serve ROM download links alongside game details
- Manage access to library with user creation and permissions (WIP)
- Allow users to request games (Planned)
- Play select ROMs in-browser using JS emulators (Planned)
- Track played and favorite games (even ones that aren't available for download) (Planned)
Cartridge UI
### Nintendo GameCube & Wii
[Dolphin](https://dolphin-emu.org) is an emulator for two recent Nintendo video game consoles: the GameCube and the Wii. It allows PC gamers to enjoy games for these two consoles in full HD (1080p) with several enhancements: compatibility with all PC controllers, turbo speed, networked multiplayer, and even more. [Dolphin Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu)
### Nintendo Switch
[Ryujinx](https://ryujinx.org/) is an open-source Nintendo Switch emulator created by gdkchan and written in C#. This emulator aims at providing excellent accuracy and performance, a user-friendly interface, and consistent builds. [Ryujinx Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.ryujinx.Ryujinx)
[yuzu](https://yuzu-emu.org) is an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from the creators of Citra. [yuzu](https://yuzu-emu.org) is an experimental open-source emulator for the Nintendo Switch from the creators of Citra.[Yuzu Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.yuzu_emu.yuzu)
### Nintendo 64
[m64p](https://m64p.github.io/) is a Nintendo 64 Emulator. It uses mupen64plus-gui, a brand new mupen64plus frontend written in Qt5. It supports all of the things you’d expect from a frontend (savestate management, pausing, screenshots). [m64p Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.m64p.m64p)
[simple64](https://github.com/simple64/simple64) is an emulator based on a heavily modified version of mupen64plus-core, and ParaLLEl RSP/RDP. It includes a GUI, netplay, controller configuration, and more. [simple64 Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.simple64.simple64)
Nintendo 3DS
[Citra](https://citra-emu.org/) is an open-source emulator for the Nintendo 3DS capable of playing many of your favorite games.[Citra Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.citra_emu.citra)
### Nintendo DS
[DeSmuME](https://desmume.org/) is a Nintendo DS emulator. [DeSmuME Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.desmume.DeSmuME)
[melonDS](https://github.com/melonDS-emu/melonDS) is a tool that aims at providing fast and accurate Nintendo DS emulation. While it is still a work in progress, it has a pretty solid set of features. [melonDS Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.kuribo64.melonDS)
**Features:**
* Nearly complete core (CPU, video, audio, etc...)
* OpenGL renderer, 3D upscaling
* RTC, microphone, lid close/open
* Joystick support
* Savestates
* Various display position/sizing/rotations modes
* Work-in-progress Wi-Fi emulation for online connectivity and local multiplayer
* Experimental emulation of the Nintendo DSi
### Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
[Snes9x](https://www.snes9x.com/) is a portable, freeware Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) emulator. [Snes9x Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.snes9x.Snes9x)
[bsnes](https://github.com/bsnes-emu/bsnes) is a Super Nintendo (SNES) emulator focused on performance, features, and ease of use. [bsnes flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/dev.bsnes.bsnes)
### Nintendo Entertainment System
[Nestopia](https://github.com/0ldsk00l/nestopia) is a portable NES/Famicom emulator written in C++. [Nestopia Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/ca._0ldsk00l.Nestopia)
### Game Boy Advance
[mGBA](https://mgba.io/) is a new emulator for running Game Boy Advance games. It aims to be faster and more accurate than many existing Game Boy Advance emulators, as well as adding features that other emulators lack. [mGBA Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.mgba.mGBA)
[SameBoy](https://github.com/LIJI32/SameBoy) is an open source Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) emulator, written in portable C. It has an SDL frontend and a libretro core. [SameBoy Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.sameboy.SameBoy)
[GB Enhanced+](https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus) is an original Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance emulator. Its focus is on completeness of emulation, including peripherals. [GB Enhanced+ Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.shonumi.gbe-plus)
### DOS
[DOSBox](https://www.dosbox.com/) is an open-source DOS emulator which primarily focuses on running DOS Games.
[DOSBox Staging](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging) is a full x86 CPU emulator (independent of host architecture), capable of running DOS programs that require real or protected mode. [DOSBox Staging Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.dosbox-staging)
### Atari
[Stella](https://stella-emu.github.io/) is a multi-platform Atari 2600 VCS emulator released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). Stella is available on Windows MacOS, Linux, and FreeBSD. [Stella Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.stella_emu.Stella)
[Hatari](https://hatari.tuxfamily.org/) is an Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon emulator for Linux, BSD, MacOS, Windows and other systems which are supported by the SDL library. The Atari ST was a 16/32 bit computer system which was first released by Atari in 1985. [Hatrai Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.tuxfamily.hatari)
### Sega Dreamcast
[Flycast](https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast) is a multi-platform Sega Dreamcast, Naomi and Atomiswave emulator derived from reicast. [Flycast Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.flycast.Flycast)
### PlayStation Portable
[PPSSPP](https://www.ppsspp.org/) is a PSP emulator that can run games in full HD resolution. It can even upscale textures that would otherwise be too blurry as they were made for the small screen of the original PSP. [PPSSPP Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.ppsspp.PPSSPP)
### PlayStation 1
[DuckStation](https://www.duckstation.org/) is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation 1 console, focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. [DuckStation Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.duckstation.DuckStation).
[Avocado](https://github.com/JaCzekanski/Avocado) is a Modern PlayStation 1 emulator.
### PlayStation 2
[PCSX2](https://pcsx2.net/) is a Playstation 2 'emulator', a free program that tries to replicate the Playstation 2 console to enable you to play PS2 games on your PC. [PCSX2 Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.pcsx2.PCSX2)
[Play!](https://github.com/jpd002/Play-) is a PlayStation2 emulator for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and web browser platforms. [Play! Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.purei.Play)
### PlayStation 3
[RPCS3](https://rpcs3.net/) is an experimental open-source Sony PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger written in C++ for Windows and Linux. RPCS3 started development in May of 2011 by its founders DH and Hykem. The emulator is currently capable of running over 1800 commercial titles powered by Vulkan and OpenGL. [RPCS3 Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.rpcs3.RPCS3)
### Xbox
[xemu](https://xemu.app/) is an original Xbox emulator. [xemu Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/app.xemu.xemu)
[Xenia](https://github.com/xenia-project/xenia) is an Xbox 360 Emulator.
### MAME
[MAME](https://www.mamedev.org/) is a Arcade Machine Emulator. [MAME Flatpak](https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.mamedev.MAME)
## Running Windows games with Bottles
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Bottles](https://usebottles.com/) is a software tool that let's you run Windows software on Linux. It's built-in dependency installation system grants automatic software compatibility access. The download manager can download the official components such as: the runner (Wine, Proton), DXVK, dependencies, etc. Available on [FlatHub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.usebottles.bottles).
## Hardware Performance(CPU, GPU, Gaming Peripherals)
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
### NVIDIA
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
* [NVIDIA Linux Open GPU Kernel Module Source](https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules)
[GreenWithEnvy (GWE)](https://gitlab.com/leinardi/gwe) is a GTK system utility designed by Roberto Leinardi to provide information, control the fans and overclock your NVIDIA video card for better performance. Available as a [Flatpak on FlatHub](https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.leinardi.gwe).
### AMD
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
* **[AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)](https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/radeon-software-fidelityfx)** is an open source, high-quality solution for producing high resolution frames from lower resolution inputs. FSR enables “practical performance” for costly render operations, such as hardware ray tracing for the AMD RDNA™ and AMD RDNA™ 2 architectures.
* **[AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) 2.0](https://github.com/GPUOpen-Effects/FidelityFX-FSR2)** is an open source, high-quality solution for producing high resolution frames from lower resolution inputs. It uses temporal data and optimized anti-aliasing to boost framerates in supported games while delivering similar or better image quality than native resolution.
* **[AMD Open Source Driver for Vulkan®](https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK)** is an open-source Vulkan driver for Radeon™ graphics adapters on Linux®. It is built on top of AMD's Platform Abstraction Library (PAL), a shared component that is designed to encapsulate certain hardware and OS-specific programming details for many of AMD's 3D and compute drivers.
* **[Vulkan® Memory Allocator (VMA)](https://gpuopen.com/vulkan-memory-allocator/)** is a library provides a simple and easy to integrate API to help you allocate memory for Vulkan® buffer and image storage.
* **[Radeon™ Raytracing Analyzer (RRA)](https://gpuopen.com/radeon-raytracing-analyzer/)** is a tool that investigates the performance of your raytracing applications and highlight potential bottlenecks.
* **[Radeon™ GPU Profiler](https://gpuopen.com/rgp/)** is a low-level optimization tool that provides detailed information on Radeon™ GPUs.
* **[Radeon™ GPU Analyzer](https://gpuopen.com/rga/)** is an offline compiler and performance analysis tool for DirectX®, Vulkan®, SPIR-V™, OpenGL®, and OpenCL™. It can be used together with [RGP](https://gpuopen.com/rgp/), [RMV](https://gpuopen.com/rmv/), and [RDP](https://gpuopen.com/rdp/).
* **[Radeon™ Developer Panel (RDP)](https://gpuopen.com/rdp/)** is an essential part of the Radeon™ Developer Tool Suite. It provides the communication channel that delivers requests to, and receives data from, the AMD Radeon™ driver.
* **[Radeon™ Memory Visualizer (RMV)](https://gpuopen.com/learn/radeon-memory-visualizer-on-linux/)** is a powerful tool that allows users to analyze video memory usage on AMD Radeon GPUs.
Radeon™ Memory Visualizer (RMV)
* **[CoreCtrl](https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl)** is a free and open source Linux application that allows you to control your computer hardware with ease using application profiles for native and Windows applications, along with basic CPU controls and full AMD GPUs controls (for both old and new models).
CoreCtrl
### Intel ARC
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
**Version requirements for DG2/Alchemist hardware on Linux:**
* **[Linux Kernel 6.0 or newer](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git)**
* **[Mesa 22.2 or newer](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/tree/22.2)** for ANV Vulkan and Iris OpenGL will in turn work out-of-the-box with current cards when booting with the necessary kernel support in place.
* **[Latest linux-firmware.git](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git)** for the very latest GuC firmware support.
**Note:** With Linux 6.0 the DG2 class support is not exposed by default but requires setting the **i915.force_probe=[PCI-ID] module option** to force the driver to initialize the graphics card.
**On Debian-based systems:**
```sudo dmesg | grep -i i915```
**On Arch Linux-based systems:**
```su dmesg | grep -i i915```
[Intel Xe Super Sampling (XeSS)](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/arc-discrete-graphics/xess.html) is a temporal image upscaling AI rendering technology that increases graphics performance similar to [NVIDIA's DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling)](https://developer.nvidia.com/dlss). Intel's Arc GPU architecture (Fall 2022) will have GPUs that feature dedicated Xe-cores to run XeSS. The GPUs will have Xe Matrix eXtenstions matrix (XMX) engines for hardware-accelerated AI processing. XeSS will be able to run on devices without XMX, including integrated graphics, though, the performance of XeSS will be lower on non-Intel graphics cards because it will be powered by [DP4a instruction](https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/reference-guides/11th-gen-quick-reference-guide.pdf).
* [ Intel XeSS ML Upscaling | The Digital Foundry Tech Review | XeSS vs DLSS vs Native](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfLwZy650s0)
Intel ARC GPUs Overview. Credit: [Intel](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/discrete-gpus/arc.html)
### Gaming Peripherals
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[OpenRazer](https://openrazer.github.io/) is a collection of Linux drivers for Razer devices - providing kernel drivers, DBus services and Python bindings to interact with the DBus interface.
[OpenRGB](https://gitlab.com/CalcProgrammer1/OpenRGB) is a network-based Software Development Kit, which allows third-party software to control all of your RGB. This allows for game integrations, music visualization, ambient lighting, and anything else you can imagine. It supports ASUS, ASRock, Corsair, G.Skill, Gigabyte, HyperX, MSI, Razer, ThermalTake, and more.
[GX52](https://gitlab.com/leinardi/gx52) is a GTK application designed to provide control for the LEDs and MFD of Logitech X52 and X52 Pro H.O.T.A.S.
[Coolero](https://gitlab.com/coolero/coolero) is a program to monitor and control your cooling devices. It offers an easy-to-use user interface with various control features and also provides live thermal performance details.
[Piper](https://github.com/libratbag/piper/) is a frontend GTK application to configure gaming devices(mainly Gaming Mice).
[StreamDeck-UI](https://timothycrosley.github.io/streamdeck-ui/) is a Linux compatible UI for the [Elgato Stream Deck](https://www.elgato.com/en/stream-deck).
[Asusctl](https://asus-linux.org/) is a control daemon, CLI tools, and a collection of crates for interacting with ASUS ROG laptops.
[MangoHud](https://github.com/flightlessmango/MangoHud) is a Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more.
[GOverlay](https://github.com/benjamimgois/goverlay) is an open source project aimed to create a Graphical UI to manage Vulkan/OpenGL overlays. It is still in early development.
## Performance Benchmarks
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[Geekbench 5](https://www.geekbench.com/download/) is a cross-platform benchmark that measures your system's performance with the press of a button.
[Phoronix Test Suite](https://www.phoronix-test-suite.com/)
[UNIGINE Superposition](https://benchmark.unigine.com/superposition) is an extreme performance and stability test for PC hardware: video card, power supply, cooling system.
## Wine
[Back to the Top](#table-of-contents)
[WINE(Wine Is Not an Emulator)](https://www.winehq.org) is a compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, & BSD. Instead of simulating internal Windows logic like a virtual machine or emulator, Wine translates Windows API calls into POSIX calls on-the-fly, eliminating the performance and memory penalties of other methods and allowing you to cleanly integrate Windows applications into your desktop.
### Winetricks
[Winetricks](https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks) is an easy way to work around problems in Wine.
# Game Development
[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#table-of-contents)
## Game Engines
[Unity](https://unity.com) is a cross-platform game development platform. Use Unity to build high-quality 3D and 2D games, deploy them across mobile, desktop, VR/AR, consoles or the Web, and connect with loyal and enthusiastic players and customers.
[Unity Hub](https://unity3d.com/get-unity/download)
[Unreal Engine 4](https://www.unrealengine.com) is a game engine developed by Epic Games with the world's most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool. Continuously evolving to serve not only its original purpose as a state-of-the-art game engine, today it gives creators across industries the freedom and control to deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds.
[Linux Game Development on Unreal Engine 4](https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/SharingAndReleasing/Linux/BeginnerLinuxDeveloper/SettingUpAnUnrealWorkflow/index.html)
[Godot Engine](https://godotengine.org) is a feature-packed, cross-platform game engine to create 2D and 3D games from a unified interface. It provides a comprehensive set of common tools, so that users can focus on making games without having to reinvent the wheel. Games can be exported in one click to a number of platforms, including the major desktop platforms (Linux, Mac OSX, Windows) as well as mobile (Android, iOS) and web-based (HTML5) platforms.
[If you would like to Donate to the Godot Project](https://www.patreon.com/godotengine)
[Blender](https://www.blender.org) is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline.
[If you would like to Donate to the Blender Project](https://fund.blender.org/)
[Unigine](https://unigine.com) is a cross-platform game engine designed for development teams (C++/C# programmers, 3D artists) working on interactive 3D apps.
[GameMaker Studio 2](https://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker) is the latest and greatest incarnation of GameMaker. It has everything you need to take your idea from concept to finished game. With no barriers to entry and powerful functionality, GameMaker Studio 2 is the ultimate 2D development environment.
[Setting Up GameMaker Studio For Ubuntu](https://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/235186168-Setting-Up-For-Ubuntu)
## Tools
[Panda3D](https://www.panda3d.org/) is a game engine, a framework for 3D rendering and game development for Python and C++ programs, developed by Disney and CMU. Panda3D is open-source and free for any purpose, including commercial ventures.
[Source 2](https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Source_2) is a 3D video game engine in development by Valve as a successor to Source. It is used in Dota 2, Artifact, Dota Underlords, parts of The Lab, SteamVR Home, and Half-Life: Alyx.
[Open Graphics Library(OpenGL)](https://www.opengl.org/) is an API used acrossed mulitple programming languages and platforms for hardware-accelerated rendering of 2D/3D vector graphics currently developed by the [Khronos Group](https://www.khronos.org/).
[Open Computing Language (OpenCL)](https://www.khronos.org/opencl/) is an open standard for [parallel programming](https://www.coursera.org/lecture/parprog1/introduction-to-parallel-computing-zNrIS) of heterogeneous platforms consisting of CPUs, GPUs, and other hardware accelerators found in supercomputers, cloud servers, personal computers, mobile devices and embedded platforms.
[OpenGL Shading Language(GLSL)](https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Core_Language_(GLSL)) is a High Level Shading Language based on the C-style language, so it covers most of the features a user would expect with such a language. Such as control structures (for-loops, if-else statements, etc) exist in GLSL, including the switch statement.
[High Level Shading Language(HLSL)](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/direct3dhlsl/dx-graphics-hlsl) is the High Level Shading Language for DirectX. Using HLSL, the user can create C-like programmable shaders for the Direct3D pipeline. HLSL was first created with DirectX 9 to set up the programmable 3D pipeline.
[Vulkan](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/) is a modern cross-platform graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices from PCs and consoles to mobile phones and embedded platforms. Vulkan is currently in development by the Khronos consortium.
[MoltenVK](https://moltengl.com/moltenvk) is an implementation of Vulkan running on iOS and macOS using Apple's [Metal](https://developer.apple.com/metal/) graphics framework.
[MoltenGL](https://moltengl.com) is an implementation of the OpenGL ES 2.0 API that runs on Apple's [Metal](https://developer.apple.com/metal/) graphics framework.
[NVIDIA Omniverse](https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-omniverse-platform) is a powerful, multi-GPU, real-time simulation and collaboration platform for 3D production pipelines based on Pixar's Universal Scene Description and NVIDIA RTX.
[HGIG](https://www.hgig.org/) is a volunteer group of companies from the game and TV display industries that meet to specify and make available for the public guidelines to improve consumer gaming experiences in HDR.
[Three.js](https://threejs.org) is a cross-browser JavaScript library and application programming interface used to create and display animated 3D computer graphics in a web browser using WebGL.
[Superpowers](http://superpowers-html5.com/) is a downloadable HTML5 app for real-time collaborative projects . You can use it solo like a regular offline game maker, or setup a password and let friends join in on your project through their Web browser.
## Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR)
[SteamVR for Linux](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux) is the ultimate tool for experiencing VR content on the hardware of your choice. SteamVR supports the Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Windows Mixed Reality headsets, and others.
SteamVR Home
[OpenVR](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/openvr) is an API and runtime that allows access to VR hardware(Steam Index, HTC Vive, and Oculus Rift) from multiple vendors without requiring that applications have specific knowledge of the hardware they are targeting.
[OpenVR Benchmark on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/955610/OpenVR_Benchmark/) is the first benchmark tool for reproducibly testing your real VR performance, rendering inside of your VR headset.
[OpenHMD](http://www.openhmd.net/) is open source API and drivers that supports a wide range of HMD(head-mounted display) devices such as Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Sony PSVR, and others.
[openXR](https://www.khronos.org/OpenXR/) is a free, open standard that provides high-performance access to Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) collectively known as XR—platforms and devices.
[Monado](https://monado.dev/) is the first OpenXR™ runtime for GNU/Linux. Monado aims to jump-start development of an open source XR ecosystem and provide the fundamental building blocks for device vendors to target the GNU/Linux platform.
[Libsurvive](https://github.com/cntools/libsurvive) is a set of tools and libraries that enable 6 dof tracking on lighthouse and vive based systems that is completely open source and can run on any device. It currently supports both SteamVR 1.0 and SteamVR 2.0 generation of devices and should support any tracked object commercially available.
[Simula](https://github.com/SimulaVR/Simula) is a VR window manager for Linux that runs on top of Godot. It takes less than 1 minute to install. Simula is officially compatible with SteamVR headsets equipped with Linux drivers (e.g. HTC Vive, HTC Vive Pro, & Valve Index). We have also added experimental support to OpenXR headsets that have Monado drivers (e.g. North Star, OSVR HDK, and PSVR). Some people have gotten the Oculus Rift S to run Simula via OpenHMD ([see here](https://github.com/OpenHMD/OpenHMD/issues/225#issuecomment-638454156)).
## Game Development Learning Resources
[Unreal Online Learning](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/onlinelearning-courses) is a free learning platform that offers hands-on video courses and guided learning paths.
[Unreal Engine Authorized Training Program](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/training-partners)
[Unreal Engine for education](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/education/)
[Unreal Engine Training & Simulation](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/industry/training-simulation)
[Unity Certifications](https://unity.com/products/unity-certifications)
[Getting Started with Vulkan](https://www.khronos.org/vulkan/)
[Game Design Online Courses from Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/courses/Design/Game-Design/)
[Game Design Online Courses from Skillshare](https://www.skillshare.com/browse/game-design)
[Learn Game Design with Online Courses and Classes from edX](https://www.edx.org/learn/game-design)
[Game Design Courses from Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=game%20design)
[Game Design and Development Specialization Course from Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/game-development)
# Setting up a macOS workspace
[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#table-of-contents)
**REQUIREMENTS**
- A modern Linux distribution
- QEMU > 2.11.1
- A CPU with Intel VT-x / AMD SVM support is required
- A CPU with SSE4.1 support is required for >= macOS Sierra
- A CPU with AVX2 support is required for >= macOS Mojave
- Internet access for the installation process
```sh
Open the terminal and run:
sudo apt install qemu uml-utilities virt-manager dmg2img git wget libguestfs-tools p7zip
```
[Sosumi](https://snapcraft.io/install/sosumi/ubuntu) is a app that let's you download and install macOS in a VM.
[OpenCore for macOS](https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/)
# Setting up a Windows 10 workspace
[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#table-of-contents)
**REQUIREMENTS**
- A modern Linux distribution
- QEMU > 2.11.1
- A CPU with Intel VT-x / AMD SVM support is required
- [WindowsGuestDrivers/Download Drivers - KVM](https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers)
- Internet access for the installation process
```sh
Open the terminal and run:
sudo apt install qemu uml-utilities virt-manager gnome-boxes
```
[GNOME Boxes](https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes) is an application that gives you access to virtual machines, running locally or remotely. It also allows you to connect to the display of a remote computer.
[OpenCore for Windows 10](https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Install-Guide/)
# Using Android and Android Apps on Linux
[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#table-of-contents)
[Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/) is the development suite for Google's Android Operating System(OS). It's built on [JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA](https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/) software and designed specifically for Android development. It is available for download on Windows, macOS and Linux.
[Android Virtual Device (AVD)](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds) is a configuration in [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/intro) that defines the characteristics of an Android phone, tablet, Wear OS, Android TV, or Automotive OS device that you want to simulate in the Android Emulator. The [Android Emulator](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator) simulates Android devices on your computer so that you can test your application on a variety of devices and Android API levels without needing to have each physical device.
[LineageOS](https://lineageos.org/) is a free and open-source operating system for various devices, based on the Android mobile platform.
[Anbox](https://anbox.io/) is an application that provides a container-based approach to boot a full Android system on a regular GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu, Debian Fedora, and openSUSE.
[Anbox Cloud](https://anbox-cloud.io/) is the mobile cloud computing platform delivered by Canonical. Run Android in the cloud, at high scale and on any type of hardware.
[Genymotion](https://www.genymotion.com/) is a very fast Android emulator. The program itself is based on VirtualBox and is known for its effectively fast speed and is usefulness for running Android apps on a Windows, Mac and Linux desktop.
**Desktop**
Local virtual devices with high performances.
- Emulate a wide range of virtual device configurations (Android versions, screen size, hardware capacities, etc.)
- Simulate multiple scenarios thanks to our full set of hardware sensors (GPS, network, multitouch, etc.)
- Cross-platform: Windows, Mac and Linux
- Manipulate easily with ADB
- $412 per year for employees in a company (BUSINESS). All features, advanced support.
- $136 per year for freelancers (INDIE). All features, best effort support.
- [Free](https://www.genymotion.com/download/) for personal use only (learning & entertainment). Limited features, no support.
[Scrcpy](https://github.com/Genymobile/scrcpy) is an application by Genymotion that provides display and control of Android devices connected on USB (or over TCP/IP). It does not require any root access and works on GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS. The Android device requires at least API 21 (Android 5.0).
# Professional Audio & Video Editing
[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#table-of-contents)
[H.264(AVC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC) is a video compression standard based on block-oriented and motion-compensated integer-DCT coding that defines multiple profiles (tools) and levels (max bitrates and resolutions) with support up to 8K.
[H.265(HEVC)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Efficiency_Video_Coding) is a video compression standard that is the successor to H.264(AVC). It offers a 25% to 50% better data compression at the same level of video quality, or improved video quality at the same bit-rate.
[FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org) is a leading multimedia framework that can decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge ones on multiple platforms such as Windows, macOS, and Linux.
[HandBrake](https://handbrake.fr/) is a tool for transcoding video from almost any format with a selection of widely supported codecs. It is supported on Window, macOS, and Linux.
[Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH)](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/DASH_Adaptive_Streaming_for_HTML_5_Video) is an adaptive streaming protocol that allows for a video stream to switch between bit rates on the basis of network performance, in order to keep a video playing.
[OpenMAX™](https://www.khronos.org/openmax/) is a cross-platform API that provides comprehensive streaming media codec and application portability by enabling accelerated multimedia components to be developed, integrated and programmed across multiple operating systems and silicon platforms.
[DaVinci Resolve](https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/) is the world’s only solution that combines professional 8K editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in one software tool! You can instantly move between editing, color, effects, and audio with a single click. DaVinci Resolve Studio is also the only solution designed for multi user collaboration so editors, assistants, colorists, VFX artists and sound designers can all work live on the same project at the same time.
[Blender](https://www.blender.org/features/video-editing/) comes with a built-in video sequence editor allows you to perform basic actions like video cuts and splicing, as well as more complex tasks like video masking or color grading. The Video Editor includes: Live preview, luma waveform, chroma vectorscope and histogram displays. Audio mixing, syncing, scrubbing and waveform visualization.
[Kdenlive](https://kdenlive.org/en/) is an open source video editing tool that supports unlimited multimedia files. It's based on the MLT Framework, KDE and Qt. People who are looking for a very versatile video editing tool that comes packed with features. The latest 20.08 release is out with nifty features like Interface Layouts, Multiple Audio Stream support, Cached data management and Zoombars in the Clip Monitor and Effects Panel but one may argue that the highlights of this release are stability and interface improvements.
[OpenShot](https://www.openshot.org/) is an open-source video editing tool that's designed for users new in the editing environment. It has simple features such as a simple drag-and-drop function, it provides an easy-to-use and quick-to-learn user interface. The powerful video editor offers tons of efficient ways to cut and trim down your videos. You can freely utilize the unlimited tracks, video effects engine, title editor, 3D animations, slow motion, and time effects. It supports commonly used video codecs that are supported by FFmpeg like WebM (VP9), AVCHD (libx264), HEVC (libx265) and audio codecs like mp3 (libmp3lame) and aac (libfaac). The program can render MPEG4, ogv, Blu-ray and DVD video, and Full HD videos for uploading to the internet video websites like YouTube.
[Lightworks](https://www.lwks.com/) is a non-linear video editing appluication for editing and mastering digital video used by the film industry. Its professional edition has been used for box office hits, such as Shutter Island, Pulp Fiction, and Mission Impossible. Intimidating user interface. Like professional video editors, such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Lightworks is rather complicated to use for new users.
[Shotcut](https://www.shotcut.org/) is an open source multi-platform video editor. You can perform various actions such as video editing (including 4K video quality), add effects, create new movies, import most image files formats, export to almost any file format and much more.
[Olive](https://www.olivevideoeditor.org) is a free non-linear video editor aiming to provide a fully-featured alternative to high-end professional video editing software.
[Natron](https://natrongithub.github.io/) is a powerful Digital Compositor that can handle all of your 2D/2.5D needs. Its robust OIIO file formats and OpenFX architecture is what make Natron the most flexible open source compositor for the visual effects community. Its interface and functionally are the same across all platforms such as MacOS, Linux and Windows.
[OBS (Open Broadcaster Software)](https://obsproject.com/) is free and open source software for video recording and live streaming. Stream to Twitch, YouTube and many other providers or record your own videos with high quality H264 / AAC encoding.
[REAPER](https://www.reaper.fm/) is a complete digital audio production application for computers, offering a full multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing and mastering toolset.REAPER supports a vast range of hardware, digital formats and plugins, and can be comprehensively extended, scripted and modified.
[JACK Audio Connection Kit AKA JACK](https://jackaudio.org/) is a professional sound server daemon that provides real-time, low-latency connections for both audio and MIDI data between applications that implement its API. JACK can be configured to send audio data over a network to a "master" machine, which then outputs the audio to a physical device. This can be useful to mix audio from a number of "slave" computers without requiring additional cables or hardware mixers, and keeping the audio path digital for as long as possible.
[Bitwig Studio](https://www.bitwig.com) is a digital audio workstation that has linear and non-linear workflows for sound design, recording, live performance, and more. Along with 90+ instruments, effects, and other creative tools. It is supported Windows, macOS, and Linux.
[PipeWire](https://pipewire.org) is a server and user space API to deal with multimedia pipelines.It provides a low-latency, graph based processing engine on top of audio and video devices that can be used to support the use cases currently handled by both pulseaudio and JACK. PipeWire was designed with a powerful security model that makes interacting with audio and video devices from containerized applications easy. Nodes in the graph can be implemented as separate processes, communicating with sockets and exchanging multimedia content using fd passing.
[Yabridge](https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge) is a modern and transparent way to use Windows VST2 and VST3 plugins on Linux. Yabridge seamlessly supports using both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows VST2 and VST3 plugins in a 64-bit Linux VST host as if they were native VST2 and VST3 plugins, with optional support for [plugin groups](https://github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge#plugin-groups) to enable inter-plugin communication for VST2 plugins and quick startup times.
[Sonobus](https://sonobus.net) is an easy to use application for streaming high-quality, low-latency peer-to-peer audio between devices over the internet or a local network.
[Avid Pro Tools](https://www.avid.com/pro-tools) is an industry standard audio-production software for songwriters, musicians, producers, and engineers.
[LMMS](https://lmms.io/) is an open source digital audio workstation application program. When LMMS is pairedr with appropriate computer hardware, it allows music to be produced by arranging samples, synthesizing sounds, playing on a MIDI keyboard, and combining the features of trackers and sequencers. Developed by Paul Giblock and Tobias Junghans, this program stands for "Linux MultiMedia Studio" and supports handy plugins that enables it to work on different operating systems.
[Ardour](http://ardour.org/) is an open source, collaborative effort of a worldwide team including musicians, programmers, and professional recording engineers. Development is transparent — anyone can watch our work as it happens. Like a good piece of vintage hardware, you can open the box and look inside.
[Audacity](https://www.audacityteam.org/) is an easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. Developed by a group of volunteers as open source and offered free of charge. Amazing support community.
[Glimpse](https://glimpse-editor.github.io/) is a cross-platform raster graphics editor based on the GNU Image Manipulation Program available for Linux, MacOS, and Windows. A great tool for making YouTube video thumbnails.
# Kubernetes
[Back to the Top](https://github.com/mikeroyal/Perfect-Ubuntu-Guide/blob/main/README.md#table-of-contents)
[Kubernetes (K8s)](https://kubernetes.io/) is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. [Installing Kubernetes on Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/kubernetes/install).
**Building Highly-Availability(HA) Clusters with kubeadm. Source: [Kubernetes.io](https://kubernetes.io/docs/setup/production-environment/tools/kubeadm/high-availability/), 2020**
[Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)](https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/) is a managed, production-ready environment for running containerized applications.
[Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/kubernetes-service/) is serverless Kubernetes, with a integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, and enterprise-grade security and governance. Unite your development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver, and scale applications with confidence.
[Amazon EKS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/what-is-eks.html) is a tool that runs Kubernetes control plane instances across multiple Availability Zones to ensure high availability.
[AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK)](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/aws-controllers-for-kubernetes-ack/) is a new tool that lets you directly manage AWS services from Kubernetes. ACK makes it simple to build scalable and highly-available Kubernetes applications that utilize AWS services.
[Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE)](https://www.oracle.com/cloud-native/container-engine-kubernetes/) is an Oracle-managed container orchestration service that can reduce the time and cost to build modern cloud native applications. Unlike most other vendors, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides Container Engine for Kubernetes as a free service that runs on higher-performance, lower-cost compute.
[Anthos](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/docs/concepts/overview) is a modern application management platform that provides a consistent development and operations experience for cloud and on-premises environments.
[Red Hat Openshift](https://www.openshift.com/) is a fully managed Kubernetes platform that provides a foundation for on-premises, hybrid, and multicloud deployments.
[OKD](https://okd.io/) is a community distribution of Kubernetes optimized for continuous application development and multi-tenant deployment. OKD adds developer and operations-centric tools on top of Kubernetes to enable rapid application development, easy deployment and scaling, and long-term lifecycle maintenance for small and large teams.
[Odo](https://odo.dev/) is a fast, iterative, and straightforward CLI tool for developers who write, build, and deploy applications on Kubernetes and OpenShift.
[Kata Operator](https://github.com/openshift/kata-operator) is an operator to perform lifecycle management (install/upgrade/uninstall) of [Kata Runtime](https://katacontainers.io/) on Openshift as well as Kubernetes cluster.
[Thanos](https://thanos.io/) is a set of components that can be composed into a highly available metric system with unlimited storage capacity, which can be added seamlessly on top of existing Prometheus deployments.
[OpenShift Hive](https://github.com/openshift/hive) is an operator which runs as a service on top of Kubernetes/OpenShift. The Hive service can be used to provision and perform initial configuration of OpenShift 4 clusters.
[Rook](https://rook.io/) is a tool that turns distributed storage systems into self-managing, self-scaling, self-healing storage services. It automates the tasks of a storage administrator: deployment, bootstrapping, configuration, provisioning, scaling, upgrading, migration, disaster recovery, monitoring, and resource management.
[VMware Tanzu](https://tanzu.vmware.com/tanzu) is a centralized management platform for consistently operating and securing your Kubernetes infrastructure and modern applications across multiple teams and private/public clouds.
[Kubespray](https://kubespray.io/) is a tool that combines Kubernetes and Ansible to easily install Kubernetes clusters that can be deployed on [AWS](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/docs/aws.md), GCE, [Azure](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/docs/azure.md), [OpenStack](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/docs/openstack.md), [vSphere](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/docs/vsphere.md), [Packet](https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kubespray/blob/master/docs/packet.md) (bare metal), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (Experimental), or Baremetal.
[KubeInit](https://github.com/kubeinit/kubeinit) provides Ansible playbooks and roles for the deployment and configuration of multiple Kubernetes distributions.
[Rancher](https://rancher.com/) is a complete software stack for teams adopting containers. It addresses the operational and security challenges of managing multiple Kubernetes clusters, while providing DevOps teams with integrated tools for running containerized workloads.
[K3s](https://github.com/rancher/k3s) is a highly available, certified Kubernetes distribution designed for production workloads in unattended, resource-constrained, remote locations or inside IoT appliances.
[Helm](https://helm.sh/) is a Kubernetes Package Manager tool that makes it easier to install and manage Kubernetes applications.
[Knative](https://knative.dev/) is a Kubernetes-based platform to build, deploy, and manage modern serverless workloads. Knative takes care of the operational overhead details of networking, autoscaling (even to zero), and revision tracking.
[KubeFlow](https://www.kubeflow.org/) is a tool dedicated to making deployments of machine learning (ML) workflows on Kubernetes simple, portable and scalable.
[Etcd](https://etcd.io/) is a distributed key-value store that provides a reliable way to store data that needs to be accessed by a distributed system or cluster of machines. Etcd is used as the backend for service discovery an