ExaGear Desktop - Pay for RetroPie??

fnkngrv

Not really sure if this is legit or what. Wasn't sure where to post this either, but it seems a bit fishy to me that it is a retropie build, but you have to pay for it.

ExaGear Desktop

https://eltechs.com/retropie-extended-for-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=smm_post&utm_campaign=retropie_extended_for_raspberry_pi

ExarKunIv

i do remember them asking about adding to the the build at one point, and i think at the time @buzz politely said no

BuZz

It's a custom install on top of RetroPie. It's not against any of our licences for them to ship that - they are not selling RetroPie as far as I can see.

I am not a fan of them though in general due to some things that came to light in the other thread.

glennlake

I did look into this the first time it came up here and it didn't give me a good feeling. First it looks like they are using the popularity of RetroPie to increase sales of their software (not a major problem but just feels bad). Secondly, when I first heard of them I read their EULA (yes, I'm one of those) and you are given a license to put their software on ONE Raspberry Pi. You can't legally move it to another Pi without paying an for another license (sounds like Microsoft!) I don't know about most people here but I set-up and tear-down my RetroPie systems several times because it is a hobby after all. That's why I got away from Microsoft-like software years ago.

BiZzAr721

Resurrecting this thread.........
Does anyone know of it is just a "term of license" that it can only be used on one device or if it actually has a form of DRM to prevent it from being used on different hardware? I'm constantly switching pie's while experimenting as well as plan on picking up a 3B+ soon. I couldn't find anything too useful for a definitive answer. I was hoping someone has already tried.
PS - I installed the 3 day trial using a disposable email address and within 1 hour I had 2 emails written entirely in Chinese!

Jste84

I used the free trial to play championship manager 01/02 on my phone. While it worked and loaded the game... I wasn't a fan. If my phone screen locked I would lose my progress, had to constantly save. Had errors too.

Even if it worked properly I didn't think it was near worth the cost. If the guy had gone down the open source route I reckon he'd have had a far better end product by now.

Ultimately I'm sure there will be a product that does that in time.

Also while it may be useful to have access to something like this along with retropie, it shouldnt be him cashing in on retropies brand. That feels wrong on every level, especially when in my opinion his end product is nowhere near the level it needs to be.