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supportengineer ◴[] No.45894597[source]
Not a single comment in here about Bottles - what exactly is it?
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kuylar ◴[] 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. nrhrjrjrjtntbt ◴[] No.45896980[source]
Nice, using home-brew style incomprehensible nomenclature
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2. Asooka ◴[] No.45899586[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.