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Alternatives to bottles?
Is bottles the best program to use windows programs and install official game launchers or are there alternatives?
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tfk Oct 24, 2022 @ 11:11am 
Lutris, Heroic Games Launcher, MiniGalaxy...
Mr Jt (Gog is king) Oct 24, 2022 @ 11:14am 
Na lutris definitely not. Only supports english also for game installs. I know the rest as well. But i mean an overall app like bottles which can be used for any windows related stuff combined with launchers
Try installing any one of the three.
Wine - Play On Linux - Lutris.
Marlock Oct 24, 2022 @ 4:15pm 
IMHO you'll end up preferring Bottles... it didn't get this popular overnight for no reason... but here are some alternatives worth looking at:

CrossOver - it's a paid version of WINE by CodeWeavers (the company that most invests in WINE development, and also contributors to Proton and other linux gaming related tasks comissioned by Valve)... CrossOver is mainly a way for them to make money and offer a professional support service for companies and individuals, but they also invested quite a bit in developing a friendly GUI for easy install of apps on top of WINE, so it might fit the bill (and helps fund WINE further)

GameHub - another alternative to Bottles and Lutris aiming to easily manage multiple versions of WINE and Proton, iirc also supports libRetro emulation modules, Steam, GOG and Humble Store game libraries

You could check Phoenicis (new name of PlayOnLinux, but frequently distributed in parallel to PoL's latest version released before the deep remake and rebrand)
https://github.com/PhoenicisOrg/phoenicis

You can also scavenge for less famous Wine GUIs here, but it's unlikely you'll find anything better than Bottles or they would also be famous by now:
https://alternativeto.net/software/bottles/?license=opensource&platform=linux&p=2
Last edited by Marlock; Oct 24, 2022 @ 4:24pm
Malefaciusi Jan 12, 2023 @ 4:59pm 
Originally posted by jeshi:
Windows

Not an alternative to bottles.
Marlock Jan 16, 2023 @ 11:11am 
Originally posted by jeshi:
Windows
Doesn't allow running windows apps inside Linux... it barely allows running windows apps nowadays with so much nonsense changes breaking stuff. It does allow you to grow gray hair pretty fast due to the extra stress of managing it being managed by it.
Last edited by Marlock; Jan 16, 2023 @ 11:11am
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