Oh my friend, let me introduce you to Batocera
+1 !!
Lakka is the official Linux distribution of RetroArch and libretro. It's built on LibreELEC.
As far as I know RetroPie also has x64 images.
It could be (pretty much) any distro you want -- considering scripts like armbian-gaming exists and can give you a "one stop shop" experience.
Why running scripts like these instead of downloading the "real thing"? When you have "obscure"/unsupported sbcs and you need to "make your own" version of it.
What about Bazzite? It comes with tons of stuff for gaming out of the box including tools to install and manage emulators and roms.
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