retropie as OS on pc

MacoNL

Hi All ,,
have been looking already arroud but can't find the info ,,
i have an Asrock Core 100HT-BD (i3 with 4gb)
i have Libreelec and kodi 17 up and running and it is pretty fast
now i have Retropie installed on a old raspberry , it works great and we have as family a lot of fun ,,
but it would be great if i could use the asrock for this ,,
now i know you can add kodi on Retropie , but is there any option to install Retropie on a PC as OS ?
or with a dual boot ? can find a lot for the raspberry but not for a normal pc
hope anyone can help me out here ,,

AndyEatsCheese

This topic on here might help you https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/13828/retropie-like-script-for-windows-7-8-and-10-retrocake

mitu

@maconl RetroPie itself is not an OS, but a collection of software installed on top of an existing OS. It can be installed on top of an existing OS (like Debian/Ubuntu), without the need to dual-boot. See the Platforms chapter in the docs.

MacoNL

@andyeatscheese hi thanks ,will look on that ,,
cause it's a pretty small pc , i use it a a mediaplayer
i have installed LibreElec on this one and is pretty fast ,,

@mitu thanks for the info will look add it , to bad there is not any possibillity to add retropie straight on a pc ,,
the old raspberry i have is for some games to slow ,, so thought if i can use the asrock also for this it would be perfect
watching movies and playing games :-)

mitu

@maconl said in retropie as OS on pc:

to bad there is not any possibillity to add retropie straight on a pc

I just pointed you to the docs that show you how to install RetroPie on a 'PC' running Debian/Ubuntu, just as @AndyEatsCheese has given you an alternative if you're running Windows. It's up to you now.

MacoNL

@mitu hi yes will jump into this , hope can get it up and running
don't know so much about ubuntu but got some spare hdd's so will exchange this one and give it a try

many thanks for the info and help

mitu

@maconl Btw, you can install Kodi in RetroPie, so you can have both - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/KODI/

Clyde

@maconl said in retropie as OS on pc:

cause it's a pretty small pc , i use it a a mediaplayer

If Ubuntu turns out to be too much for that PC, you could try its official lightweight variant Lubuntu. It's the same system under the hood with a less demanding desktop environment.

danielmewhouse

@clyde this is exactly what I've done on my old laptop. The keyboard and touchpad are dead, but Lubuntu and Retropie given a new breath to my Frankenbook (or Bookenstein, didn't decided yet). I recommend Ubuntu minimal iso, so you could install just Lubuntu minimal desktop and get only the essentials to the system. The cherry on the top of the cake is the PSX mini theme with a little modifications for my personal use. @ruckage s SNES theme is great, but for this project I'm using @frgn s PSX mini theme.

MacoNL

@clyde said in retropie as OS on pc:

@maconl said in retropie as OS on pc:

cause it's a pretty small pc , i use it a a mediaplayer

If Ubuntu turns out to be too much for that PC, you could try its official lightweight variant Lubuntu. It's the same system under the hood with a less demanding desktop environment.

i ment with small , it does fit in the tv cabinet :-)
it has a i3 processor , 4 gb memory , i can go to 16 gb memory and hdd i can go to 1 tb
it is just not know with ubuntu , but will this week install and see what it brings :-)

Clyde

@maconl Have fun. :) Be sure to install a long time support release (LTS) from every other year's spring. The current LTS is 16.04 from April 2016 and the next one will be 18.04 in April 2018. Ubuntu's version notation is year-dot-month (double-digit).

One of the benefits of LTS' apart from their support cycle of 3-5 years is that you can upgrade directly between them and skip the short term support releases (STS) every six months.

edit: That said, at present you could also take the current STS release 17.10 and upgrade to 18.04 LTS next April.

AGMspokesman

@mitu hey, what do you mean by "on top of an existing OS" ?

mitu

@AGMspokesman If you have a question, just open a new topic - don't necro-post on 2 years old ones.