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• Wine 10.2 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS

  Another great way to run Windows apps AND games, because it includes Wine and everything else required for the particular app or game you want to run, is Bottles: https://usebottles.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 20 days ago

• Vanilla OS 2: an immutable distribution to run all software

  One of the Vanilla OS lead developers Mirko also made Bottles[0], a lovely piece of software for running Windows apps on Linux without fussing about the command line [0] https://usebottles.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• Wine 9.9 (Dev) – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS

  Plenty of older games only seem to work with certain versions of Proton/Wine, DXVK etc. There are projects like Bottles which let you manage multiple Proton distributions https://usebottles.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Steam deck pirated games

  If it need installation (or has some kind of wizard), probably look into UseBottles and once installed, link the .exe to Steam. Source: over 1 year ago

• How do I install direct X on wine SIMPLIFIED

  Bottles is very convenient to manage wine https://usebottles.com/. Source: over 1 year ago

• Making the switch - what are the gaps?

  For "normal" games you could look yourself using ProtonDB regarding every game released on Steam and AreWeAntiCheatYet for most multiplayer games. If a game isn't available on Steam you have three possibilities. First if it's available on GOG, Epic Games or Amazon Gaming, you could use the Heroic Games Launcher. Second you could try to run the launchers through Steam itself using once again Proton. Third you... Source: over 1 year ago

• theLicensePlateIsMyFavorite

  Bottles is great for old classic non-steam games. I haven't tried 🏴‍☠️ with it but I can't see why it wouldn't work. Source: over 1 year ago

• Windows 11 is last in gaming performance tests against 3 Linux gaming distros

  Lutris is wonderful. I also recommend Bottles. https://usebottles.com/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Proposal: invasive behavior warnings in package management tools

  I go further and suggest installing Bottles, which provides a layer of abstraction, easing installation, and helping to isolate WINE packages from each other. Source: over 1 year ago

• Are there any major sacrifices you make to play on Linux over Windows?

  ProtonDB is a community list of Steam games rating their playability. Heroic launcher runs GOG and Epic games. Lutris and Bottles can be used to run everything else. Source: over 1 year ago

• Anyone have a 100% working method of installing battlenet and then D4 on on steam deck? 100% works flawlessly that have 0 % chance of error. Most youtube video their method always have error. Not sure what kind of steam deck they are using; always different outcome when installing battlenet. Thanks.

  I play starcraft 2 on arch linux. I installed battle net with bottle (its very easy) And from there I just installed starcraft 2 from the battle net app. Source: over 1 year ago

• Downloaded Wine and tried to open, but this only shows up for a split second and goes away

  What are you trying to run in wine? If it's a game have a look at Lutris, or an app have a look at Bottles. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there a way to install Fusion 360 on Linux/OpenSUSE TW?

  Bottles usebottles.com has installer. However, performance is much better in windows VM. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Debian 11 Bullseye issues running window programs via WineHQ

  Consider watching this video on how iTunes can be installed through Bottles. Quick Setup Guide for Flatpak on Debian. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Question about immutability

  Furthermore, because you didn't name Distrobox, is it fair to assume that you're not making use of it? Back when I started, I didn't know much about Nix. So my go-to (when a flatpak didn't exist) was to go directly for a distrobox with a custom home folder (at least I could get rid of everything contained within when I felt like it). And I'd argue it has been instrumental in easing the experience until I got more... Source: almost 2 years ago

• New Player here - just made an account - any tips?

  Hi everyone! I just made a new account on LFS. I'm currently running the game off of Flathub Bottles (https://usebottles.com) on OpenSUSE. Source: almost 2 years ago

• For my Linux users

  Not gonna lie, I am very new to using Linux myself (my husband got me to switch and has only just started teaching me things) and I don't want to give to the wrong info, so here is a link to their site. Source: almost 2 years ago

• GW2 on linux

  Wine project and managers like Lutris or Bottles allows you to run Windows software incl. Games most of the time without any issues. Steam for Linux with Proton compatibility layer also allows you to run Windows games. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Questions I have about Linux, from someone who wants to switch from Windows 10

  There is also an app called Bottles that can run both games and general windows apps. It is basically a front-end to the aforementioned WINE program that makes it easier to use (The name of the program is a reference that it "bottles up" WINE). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Experimenting with Migrating from Fedora Workstation to Fedora Silverblue

  Doesn't Bottles or a dedicated distrobox for Wine solve this rather elegantly? Source: almost 2 years ago

• Look at this big Wine glass 🍷

  I've heard great things about bottles https://usebottles.com/. I still have yet to use bottles as I've been fortunate enough to find some alternate workaround for whatever I needed. Source: almost 2 years ago