ChimeraOS dev announced Kazeta, a new Linux OS aimed at recreating a classic console experience
The developer of ChimeraOS has announced Kazeta, a new Linux OS that aims to provide more of a classic gaming console like experience.
We have a Linux distribution for basically everything nowadays right? So why make another one as a passion project? Answering that, developer Alesh Slovak said in an email it’s addressing these points they’ve been thinking on lately:
– I noticed a lot of non-technical people using ChimeraOS/SteamOS getting lost in Steam’s complex menu structure and struggling with basic things like launching and closing games.
– I became disenchanted with digital storefronts and have come back around to appreciating physical media: game cartridges, CDs, DVDs
– I have gotten more and more into collecting old physical games and systems and found them to be a much more pleasant experience than what modern gaming offers
– I have become more and more concerned with preserving my digital game collection for play in the future.
And so with that in mind the basic idea is that you grab DRM free games (from stores like GOG), and pop them onto SD Cards to turn them into cartridges that Kazeta will detect.
More from the developer:
To play a game cartridge on Kazeta, you simply insert the cartridge and turn on the system. When you are done playing, you press the power button to turn it off. That’s it. There are no accounts, no online requirements, no cloud, no nothing.
The cherry on top is that the cartridges are treated as read-only and save data is captured separately, keeping your games untouched and preserved forever.
If you boot a Kazeta system with no cartridge inserted, it will boot into a retro-style bios menu where you can manage your game saves, just like the gaming consoles from the latter half of the ‘90s.
Kazeta is definitely not for everyone. It requires a bit of work to get started, but I have been using it quite a bit the last few months and it has brought me a lot of joy. I hope it can bring joy to others as well.
See more on the website.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
