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    I didn't reverse-engineer the protocol for my blood pressure monitor in 24 hours

    (james.belchamber.com)
    327 points jamesbelchamber | 12 comments | 11 Nov 25 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.426s | source | bottom
    1. supportengineer ◴[12 Nov 25 00:00 UTC] No.45894597[source]▶
    Not a single comment in here about Bottles - what exactly is it?
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    2. ianschmitz ◴[12 Nov 25 00:03 UTC] No.45894614[source]▶
    https://usebottles.com
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    3. stroebs ◴[12 Nov 25 00:03 UTC] No.45894617[source]▶
    https://github.com/bottlesdevs/Bottles
    4. Moto7451 ◴[12 Nov 25 00:04 UTC] No.45894623[source]▶
    https://usebottles.com/

    These have been around since I last used WINE in anger on macOS. Basically think of it as a container for running an app in WINE with all the settings predefined for best compatibility. The homepage doesn’t really highlight this but you can look through the docs for more information.

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    5. kuylar ◴[12 Nov 25 00:07 UTC] No.45894652[source]▶
    Bottles is essentially a frontend for Wine, it lets you put every single app to its own WINEPREFIX, so that each one can have their own settings, C: drive, etc.

    If you've heard of Lutris, Bottles is essentially the same thing, but aimed at general software instead of only focusing on games

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    6. mijoharas ◴[12 Nov 25 00:32 UTC] No.45894878[source]▶
    Have you used it/would you recommend it?

    It's been a long time since I used wine (or any windows software really... Yay!) but I'm sure the requirement will pop up again sooner or later.

    Should I check out bottles the next time it comes up?

    7. mijoharas ◴[12 Nov 25 00:33 UTC] No.45894882[source]▶
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45894878
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    8. supportengineer ◴[12 Nov 25 05:35 UTC] No.45896701[source]▶
    I read this entire page, it spelled out the benefits, but didn't tell me what it actually IS or DOES.

    For example, "Bottles is a wrapper around WINE"

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    9. aniviacat ◴[12 Nov 25 06:30 UTC] No.45896971{3}[source]▶
    I use Bottles regularly and really like it.

    There's nothing groundbreaking about it, but it's a straightforward way to run apps with Wine with an intuitive and pretty interface.

    (They're currently working on a 2.0 release, though that's probably gonna take a while.)

    10. nrhrjrjrjtntbt ◴[12 Nov 25 06:31 UTC] No.45896980[source]▶
    Nice, using home-brew style incomprehensible nomenclature
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    11. haunter ◴[12 Nov 25 07:53 UTC] No.45897437{3}[source]▶
    >but didn't tell me what it actually IS or DOES

    It tells you right at the start:

    "Easily run Windows software on Linux with Bottles!"

    That's all you need to know. If Linux wants to be more mainstream it needs to drop the "Bottles is a wrapper around WINE". What's a wrapper? What's WINE? It doesn't matter. All the user need to know that you can easily run Windows software on Linux with Bottles

    12. Asooka ◴[12 Nov 25 12:58 UTC] No.45899586{3}[source]▶
    Well, things have to be named something. At least "Bottles" are related to "Wine" in a way that makes sense for a name for isolated Wine environments. It is also unique enough that Google will give you the answer quickly.