Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on Linux
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HN comment orderThis looks great, I love the clean GTK for this user interface. Say what you will about GTK and Gnome... for beginners on an operating system such as Ubuntu, having a consistent application concept is very important. Curious how this compares to Lutris[1]. I can see it has support for it as a runner, however as far as I can tell it achieves the same thing by maintaining separate wineprefixes. [1] https://lutris.net/
Bottles for me fills a very specific niche that nobody else does: launching multiple apps in the same prefix. For example, if I want to launch Titanfall 2+ Northstar, I need to launch a Northstar launcher in the same prefix as the EA launcher (nowadays these Northstar launchers have a button to launch the EA launcher so it's no longer an issue but still). Each bottle feels like a separate windows install, so if you need a dependency that's not…
I don't understand any of these "bottle" solutions. All they're doing is running Wine. You can already run Wine without any of this.
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-25 | Application that allows you to manage wineprefixes on Linux | schmorptron | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-12-14 | Bottles – Easily run Windows software on Linux | cunidev | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-12-19 | Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on LinuxFirst breakout · Best thread | sph | 604 | 237 |
| 2023-07-04 | Bottles – Easily run Windows software on Linux | manaskarekar | 307 | 188 |
| 2025-08-07 | Easily run Windows software on Linux with BottlesHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | doener | 98 | 65 |