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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: 0.458s | 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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ianschmitz ◴[12 Nov 25 00:03 UTC] No.45894614[source]▶
https://usebottles.com
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1. 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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2. haunter ◴[12 Nov 25 07:53 UTC] No.45897437[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