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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 | 2 comments | 11 Nov 25 21:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.422s | source
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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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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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1. mijoharas ◴[12 Nov 25 00:33 UTC] No.45894882[source]▶
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45894878
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2. aniviacat ◴[12 Nov 25 06:30 UTC] No.45896971[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.)