Linux Gaming

Hey y'all, I have a small collection of mostly 80s arcade game ROMs I like to play via MAME. They're games like Robotron and Joust, nothing advanced. This is just me playing on my PC with a keyboard and mouse.

I currently play them via whatever the OOTB Mame GUI is called and it's ... very basic.

I'm not super familiar though with the latest options so what's a better way to play Arcade games via Mame from my Ubuntu PC?

I've tried RetroArch and couldn't really understand it. I don't have the patience or time to set up a thousand little things and constantly tweak a lot of arcane settings, all of which require an internet search to get right.

If the answer is that's still the best option, then I'll stick with what I have since it's simple and works OK today. But thanks for any ideas.

(Edited for clarity)