There's a bit of drama going on with the popular game manager Lutris right now, with users pointing out the developer using AI generated code via Claude.
The good and unique thing about Lutris is that it has a bunch of user-made install scripts that make Wine/Proton installation much easier, often with only a few clicks.
Heroic on the other hand is almost exclusively for the Epic/GOG/Amazon Luna stores. It does however have a way of installing a non library game in its own Wine/Proton prefix, but it doesn’t have the install scripts that are often required for extra tweaks and changes that are needed to make some titles playable.
The only added functionality, the easy creation of Wine/Proton prefixes and the Wine runner manager, can also be found in Bottles. So I wouldn’t call Heroic an alternative, as both Bottles and Heroic only offer half of what Lutris offers.
There are massive issues with AI tech, but those are caused by our current capitalist culture, not the tools themselves. In many ways, it couldn’t have been implemented in a worse way but it was AI that bought all the RAM, it was OpenAI. It was not AI that stole copyrighted content, it was Facebook. It wasn’t AI that laid off thousands of employees, it’s deluded executives who don’t understand that this tool is an augmentation, not a replacement for humans.
Generative LLM needs to steal a gargantuan amount of work to produce unreliable yet convincing output. This is the nature of the beast. “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” vibes.
Anyway, I was suspecting that this “issue” might come up so I’ve removed the Claude co-authorship from the commits a few days ago. So good luck figuring out what’s generated and what is not. Whether or not I use Claude is not going to change society, this requires changes at a deeper level, and we all know that nothing is going to improve with the current US administration.
So it’s fine because Trump sucks? Holy deflection, Batman!
Here’s the thing. I understand Gen-AI is a tool, just like any other…
But I find it hard to defend its usage considering:
its built from wholesale stolen and uncredited works from a vast amount of creatives big and small,
is a huge source of environmental damage (due to the vast power and water usage),
has vastly increased the amount of mis- and disinformation spread online,
has rotted so many people’s ability to think for themselves (I’ve seen people even asking AI to do basic maths for them)
and has utterly decimated the ability for people buy and own their own devices due to the speculative buying of RAM and NAND flash needed for most of the devices we use.
Gen-AI is a plague on our society that people are accepting out of convenience, which is exactly what those making it want you to do…
The subsidy by venture capital and speculation will not last forever, and these companies need us dependent, so when they pull the rug, you’re stuck paying - just like every other service that has enshittified in recent times.
Edit - Would seem this comment got me perma-banned from a bunch of AI-themed subs, including “Stable Diffusion Furry” which I’ll sorrowfully miss…
Notably also got me banned from @[email protected] - which is surprising considering that much of dbzer0 isn’t exactly pro-AI either, and what I’ve said is entirely true (if a bit cynical).
Update - 13/03/2026 11:10 UTC - The Lutris creator has restored the Claude attribution, with a comment noting “Since it’s such a big fuss, I’m putting the Claude attribution back”.
From that article. Also, fuck websites that block screenshots.
I couldn’t get either Lutris or Bottles working, and then I’ve also tried Heroic but to no avail. I ended up adding the game as a custom title to Steam and running it with Proton from there worked somehow.
But all of these launchers do the same more or less, so I’m sure it this was more akin to “fourth times the charm” than the other launchers being flawed.
Good! We have the tools, so it would be silly not to us them👌🏻😊 As a free project, even more so. Lutris has been around for quite some time, so this doesn’t mean that the developers suddenly forget all they know and vibecode everything 😅
So, it’s no longer being hidden, what’s the problem now? I just opened lutris, I don’t notice any crazy change. And the developer said this, “It was tremendously helpful in helping me catch up with everything I wasn’t able to do last year because of health issues / depression.”, so I don’t see some huge issue here.
AI is going to be everywhere, whether we like it or not. There are millions of active daily users on all various LLM platforms, are open source projects supposed to be immune from this? Of course not!
AI is already very limited to it’s context window, and tokens, so it’s not some magic pill that will make all your code perfect. I understand the AI backlash but people need to chill, it’s not some magic genie that will transform anything you throw at it, it’s still pretty limited.
Oh I think the backlash is warranted. This whole thing is just running on a doom spiral of debt. That never ends well. Wait until the rug pull, where those token costs go from a few thousand a month, to suddenly putting companies in jeopardy because they had to charge what they actually should be to generate revenue, and someone ends up with a million dollar bill at the end of the month. Can’t wait for that part. Also can’t wait for the brainless execs to quit sounding like robots, and foaming at the mouth as they are doing just about the next thing to jacking off while thinking of firing us all. No, the rage is definitely warranted.
No this one guy certainly isn’t. But it’s shit like this that’s feeding the beast. In a way it’s almost like the AI version of greenwashing.
Also I wouldn’t trust AI with tough time stuff. There’s already several documented cases where it’s led to people committing suicide and whatever else.
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I love lutris as a software. :(
Mmh… time to look for an alternative… heroic?
Heroic is far better. IMO lutris sucked and sucks.
The good and unique thing about Lutris is that it has a bunch of user-made install scripts that make Wine/Proton installation much easier, often with only a few clicks.
Heroic on the other hand is almost exclusively for the Epic/GOG/Amazon Luna stores. It does however have a way of installing a non library game in its own Wine/Proton prefix, but it doesn’t have the install scripts that are often required for extra tweaks and changes that are needed to make some titles playable.
The only added functionality, the easy creation of Wine/Proton prefixes and the Wine runner manager, can also be found in Bottles. So I wouldn’t call Heroic an alternative, as both Bottles and Heroic only offer half of what Lutris offers.
Faugus Launcher is amazing. Would highly recommend.
Thank you pal. Already installed it and it’s working like a charm
Using all the same UMU launcher scripts makes it a snap, plus super easy to configure . I’m glad to hear you like it.
This is a really old story and the dev walked it back already
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Generative LLM needs to steal a gargantuan amount of work to produce unreliable yet convincing output. This is the nature of the beast. “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people” vibes.
So it’s fine because Trump sucks? Holy deflection, Batman!
Here’s the thing. I understand Gen-AI is a tool, just like any other…
But I find it hard to defend its usage considering:
its built from wholesale stolen and uncredited works from a vast amount of creatives big and small,
is a huge source of environmental damage (due to the vast power and water usage),
has vastly increased the amount of mis- and disinformation spread online,
has rotted so many people’s ability to think for themselves (I’ve seen people even asking AI to do basic maths for them)
and has utterly decimated the ability for people buy and own their own devices due to the speculative buying of RAM and NAND flash needed for most of the devices we use.
Gen-AI is a plague on our society that people are accepting out of convenience, which is exactly what those making it want you to do…
The subsidy by venture capital and speculation will not last forever, and these companies need us dependent, so when they pull the rug, you’re stuck paying - just like every other service that has enshittified in recent times.
Edit - Would seem this comment got me perma-banned from a bunch of AI-themed subs, including “Stable Diffusion Furry” which I’ll sorrowfully miss…
Notably also got me banned from @[email protected] - which is surprising considering that much of dbzer0 isn’t exactly pro-AI either, and what I’ve said is entirely true (if a bit cynical).
Don’t forget the child grooming, mental health abuse, and helping a Nazi plan a school shooting
Update - 13/03/2026 11:10 UTC - The Lutris creator has restored the Claude attribution, with a comment noting “Since it’s such a big fuss, I’m putting the Claude attribution back”.
From that article. Also, fuck websites that block screenshots.
Websites can block screenshots? Use a better browser, perhaps.
I use vanadium on mobile. Yes, if you try to do a screenshot on that site it turns up black.
I think vanadium block screenshots by default as part of the security model.
Ah that’s good to know then, thanks! Gotta adjust that shit
Thanks for the update.
I don’t like how the developer handled it and I have deep disdain for LLMs but is a project mostly by a single dev the place to focus attention on?
There are many such projects that have done similar things that aren’t getting the attention this one has.
The reason this one it getting the attention it is, is because of the replies and behaviour of the dev.
VM / Waydroid would help?
I think you should repost this at least three more times!
This is from March 13 and has been extensively posted and discussed already, dunno what’s the point of posting it again.
Also, after the backlash the Lutris author has changed his mind and is showing the Claude attribution again.
But what about the upvotes? We need those sweet up votes!
I never got that working, so happy it didn’t work because I use heroic now.
I had the opposite, can’t make heroic work while lutris works fine.
I tried to switch over to Bottles for my app, couldn’t make it work.
(I’m sure I’m doing something wrong, but Lutris worked out of the box, so… )
I couldn’t get either Lutris or Bottles working, and then I’ve also tried Heroic but to no avail. I ended up adding the game as a custom title to Steam and running it with Proton from there worked somehow.
But all of these launchers do the same more or less, so I’m sure it this was more akin to “fourth times the charm” than the other launchers being flawed.
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The logo reminds me of a cadbury creme egg and I’ve heard those have really dropped in quality
Oh, no. I was going to Lutris? Why?!
Good! We have the tools, so it would be silly not to us them👌🏻😊 As a free project, even more so. Lutris has been around for quite some time, so this doesn’t mean that the developers suddenly forget all they know and vibecode everything 😅
Love Lutris, keep up the good work🙌🏻
So that’s why it never worked for me. So glad it wasn’t my fault after all. /s
This is probably the single dumbest comment I’ve ever read on this website.
Very on brand for the ‘if AI, bad no matter what other rational considerations or nuance may exist’-crowd
Good to know that people here are just as allergic to missing „/s“ as the folks over on Reddit.
So, it’s no longer being hidden, what’s the problem now? I just opened lutris, I don’t notice any crazy change. And the developer said this, “It was tremendously helpful in helping me catch up with everything I wasn’t able to do last year because of health issues / depression.”, so I don’t see some huge issue here.
AI is going to be everywhere, whether we like it or not. There are millions of active daily users on all various LLM platforms, are open source projects supposed to be immune from this? Of course not!
AI is already very limited to it’s context window, and tokens, so it’s not some magic pill that will make all your code perfect. I understand the AI backlash but people need to chill, it’s not some magic genie that will transform anything you throw at it, it’s still pretty limited.
Oh I think the backlash is warranted. This whole thing is just running on a doom spiral of debt. That never ends well. Wait until the rug pull, where those token costs go from a few thousand a month, to suddenly putting companies in jeopardy because they had to charge what they actually should be to generate revenue, and someone ends up with a million dollar bill at the end of the month. Can’t wait for that part. Also can’t wait for the brainless execs to quit sounding like robots, and foaming at the mouth as they are doing just about the next thing to jacking off while thinking of firing us all. No, the rage is definitely warranted.
Right but this is about 1 dev using claude for lutris because he’s apparently going through a rough time in his life right now.
This one guy isnt to blame for the problems with the AI industry
No this one guy certainly isn’t. But it’s shit like this that’s feeding the beast. In a way it’s almost like the AI version of greenwashing.
Also I wouldn’t trust AI with tough time stuff. There’s already several documented cases where it’s led to people committing suicide and whatever else.