I’m all for letting him tinker. With Retro Arc I was able to export the configuration and import it back in when had messed it up. However, it has other issues many around the controller, that would cause issues on reimport. He would get too frustrated with it. I’ll definitely check out Open Emu and see if that has a better experience. Thanks!
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friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe instead of preventing him from tinkering and breaking it, set up a safety net so he can tinker without fear. For instance you could configure the device with config management that will reset the system back to a usable state, or put it all on a filesystem like zfs that has snapshots, or create an image of the system and reimage it when it breaks.
hactar42@lemmy.world 5 months ago
friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Maybe a dedicated handheld like an Anbernic would be good? You could keep an sd image, and the hardware can’t change. Also JelOS has backup features built in so he wouldn’t lose his save games when reimaging.
GustavoM@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Thats a smart take. “There ain’t no better teacher than experience.”
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
This! Absolutely!
I was a kid at some point, and I know what its like to be restricted by my parents, only for me to improve on defying those restrictions instead of complying.