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# Lakka 5.0 Linux Distro Release:  Upgrade Your Retro Gaming Experience With This!
- URL: https://itsfoss.com/news/lakka-5-0-release/
- Published: 2024-04-15T10:46:02.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-15T10:46:02.000Z
- Description: Lakka 5.0 is a major update with plenty of useful feature additions, and core improvements.
- Author: Sourav Rudra
- Tags: Distribution Releases, News, #Import 2025-11-08 21:15

The Linux ecosystem houses quite a few Linux distros that can [turn your PC into a retro gaming console](https://itsfoss.com/retro-gaming-console-linux-distros/), and [Lakka](https://www.lakka.tv/?ref=itsfoss.com) is one such option that will remind you of Kodi, the popular media player.

Lakka uses [LibreELEC](https://libreelec.tv/?ref=itsfoss.com) and [RetroArch](https://www.retroarch.com/?ref=itsfoss.com) as its foundation to provide you with a lightweight and powerful system for your retro gaming needs. It has support for things such as multiplayer gaming (*local*/*internet*), wireless gamepads, and various small-board computers (SBCs).

In a recent announcement, its developers brought out a new release, “**Lakka 5.0**”, that has some useful upgrades to offer. So, let's take a look at it.

## 🆕 Lakka 5.0: What's New?

![a cover photo showing off the lakka logo with 5.0 written below](https://itsfoss.com/content/images/2024/04/Lakka_5.0.jpg)

Credit: [Lakka](https://www.lakka.tv/?ref=itsfoss.com)

Starting off with the build system, Lakka 5.0 is now based on [LibreELEC 11.0](https://itsfoss.com/libreelec-11-release/)'s and **offers three different Linux kernel versions across architectures**. For Mainline, it uses *Linux kernel 6.1.84;* for Raspberry, it uses *Linux kernel 6.1.77;* and for Amlogic, it uses *Linux kernel 6.1.38*.

On the gaming experience side of things, this release features [Mesa 24.0.4](https://docs.mesa3d.org/relnotes/24.0.4.html?ref=itsfoss.com), which brings about various bug fixes, with the existing cores of Lakka being updated to their latest versions.

There are **many new cores** too, which add **support for more games and gaming systems**. Some notable ones include [DirkSimple](https://github.com/icculus/DirkSimple?ref=itsfoss.com) for playing Dragon's Lair, [DOSBox-core](https://github.com/realnc/dosbox-core?ref=itsfoss.com) for playing classic DOS games, the [VICE xpet](https://github.com/kodi-game/game.libretro.vice%5Fxpet?ref=itsfoss.com) Commodore emulator, and [vitaquake2](https://github.com/libretro/vitaquake2?ref=itsfoss.com), the Quake II port.

Finally, we have **new Lakka images** for the following devices:

- **Raspberry Pi 5**
- **OrangePi Zero2**
- **BananaPi M2 Pro**
- **Firefly ROC-PC Plus**

To learn more about this release and the newly supported platforms, you can refer to the official [announcement blog](https://www.lakka.tv/articles/2024/04/13/lakka-5.0/?ref=itsfoss.com).

## 📥 Download Lakka 5.0

This release is available on the [official website](https://www.lakka.tv/get/?ref=itsfoss.com) for various kinds of platforms, starting from Generic PC, all the way to [Raspberry Pi](https://www.raspberrypi.org/?ref=itsfoss.com), [Nintendo Switch](https://www.nintendo.com/us/switch/?ref=itsfoss.com), [Odroid](https://www.hardkernel.com/?ref=itsfoss.com) devices, and more.

[Lakka](https://www.lakka.tv/get/?ref=itsfoss.com)

If you run into any issues or want to learn more about Lakka, then you can head over to the [official forums](https://forums.libretro.com/?ref=itsfoss.com).

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