Faugus Launcher
A simple and lightweight app for running Windows games using UMU-Launcher
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Installation
Arch-based distributions (AUR)
yay -S --noconfirm faugus-launcher-git
# Optional tools
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm mangohud
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm gamemode
yay -S --noconfirm sc-controller
Fedora-based distributions (Copr)
sudo dnf -y copr enable faugus/faugus-launcher
sudo dnf -y install faugus-launcher
# Optional tools
sudo dnf -y install mangohud
sudo dnf -y install gamemode
sudo dnf -y install sc-controller
Debian-based distributions
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y wget
mkdir -p ~/faugus-launcher
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher/releases/download/1.2.4/faugus-launcher_1.2.4-1_amd64.deb
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher/releases/download/1.2.4/python3-umu-launcher_1.1.4-1_amd64.deb
wget -P ~/faugus-launcher https://github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher/releases/download/1.2.4/umu-launcher_1.1.4-1_all.deb
sudo apt install -y ~/faugus-launcher/*.deb
sudo rm -r ~/faugus-launcher
# Optional tools
sudo apt -y install mangohud
sudo apt -y install gamemode
ATTENTION: If you get the following message when trying to run something
pressure-vessel-wrap[2264]: E: Child process exited with code 1: bwrap: setting up uid map: Permission denied
It's the AppArmor preventing umu-launcher from working properly. FIX
Flatpak (EXPERIMENTAL)
Download faugus-launcher-0.2.4-1.flatpak and run:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install faugus-launcher-0.2.4-1.flatpak
# Optional tools
flatpak install org.freedesktop.Platform.VulkanLayer.MangoHud//23.08
ATTENTION: Gamescope is not working yet!
Usage
Information
Default prefixes location
~/.config/faugus-launcher/prefixes/
Runners location
~/.local/share/Steam/compatibilitytools.d/
Shortcut locations
For Desktop Environments that support icons on the Desktop
~/Desktop/
For Application Launchers
~/.local/share/applications/
Using SC Controller with Faugus Launcher
Save the SC Controller profile at
~/.config/faugus-launcher/controller.sccprofile
https://github.com/Faugus/faugus-launcher/assets/112667550/04f4f009-4b5a-4642-857f-21e3eb666074
Screenshots
Dark theme
Main window
Add/Edit game
Settings
GE-Proton Manager
Create shortcut from .exe
Light theme
Main window
Add/Edit game