ChimeraOS Alternatives

    ChimeraOS is described as '(formerly GamerOS) is an operating system that provides an out of the box couch gaming experience. After installation, boot directly into Steam Big Picture and start playing your favorite games' and is an app in the OS & Utilities category. There are six alternatives to ChimeraOS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, Steam and Raspberry Pi. The best alternative is RetroArch, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like ChimeraOS are SteamOS (Free, Open Source), Lakka (Free, Open Source), Ubuntu GamePack (Free, Open Source) and Linux Ultimate Edition (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Jul 20, 2021

    1. RetroArch

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Blackberry
      • iPad
      • OpenPandora
      • Steam
      • Raspberry Pi
      • Playstation
      • Xbox
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      What is RetroArch? RetroArch is a modular multi-system emulator system that is designed to be fast, lightweight, and portable. It has features lacking in some emulators frontends, such as real-time rewinding and game-aware shading. What systems does it play?
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    2. SteamOS

      • Free • Open Source
      • Linux
      • Wine
      • Steam
      • Proton
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      SteamOS is a Debian based Linux distribution designed to run Valve's Steam and Steam games. It also provides a desktop mode (https://alternativeto.
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    4. Lakka

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Cubieboard
      • HummingBoard
      • Raspberry Pi
      • Nintendo Switch
      • Odroid
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      Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and the libretro ecosystem. Each game system is implemented as a libretro core, while the frontend RetroArch takes care of inputs and display.
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    5. Ubuntu GamePack is an operating system based on Ubuntu, which will provide a guaranteed start in more than than 22 381 games and applications for MS Windows and MS-DOS, and original, designed specifically for GNU/Linux platform.
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    6. Ultimate Edition, first released in December 2006, is a fork of Ubuntu and Linux Mint , meant for gamers and low resource computers.
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    8. Game Drift Linux is a new Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Linux. Game Drift has been optimized to deliver to you the best possible gaming experience on Linux.

      Discontinued

      The distro is no longer updated. Last version, released in September 2011, can be still downloaded from the official website.

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