Running Windows Apps with Bottles
22 November, 2022
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What is WINE?
WINE stands for ' Wine Is Not An Emulator ' is a compatibility layer for running windows programs on linux. It achieves so by reimplementing Windows API for linux.
Why use Bottles?
Manually handling WINE settings can be a tedious task. This is where Bottles kicks in.
Bottles is a GUI interface that sits on top of WINE. It allows to you to create seperate bottles for each of your apps with different settings and libraries. You can even use Proton to run Windows games which is a patched version of WINE developed by CodeWeavers and Valve Corporation.
What settings does Bottle provides me?
- Support more multiple Runners
- Support for DirectX and Vulkan Direct3D
- DLSS 😎
- Super Resolution
- Ability to switch windows version for compatibility
- Steam Runtime
- Automatic Snapshots
- Increased Responsiveness with LatencyFlex
Convinced? Let's move on to installation.
Installing Bottles
To use Bottles with Flatpak run
After installation you will be provided with Bottles introduction screen.
Now we will create a new bottle named bottlex. Select the environment as Application.
Select Application
Click on Create and you will be presented with
Tweak the settings for your needs. Each of the options in settings menu contains a short description.
To install an app, navigate back to Runner main screen. Bottles provides installers for multiple applications. If you want to install an unlisted app, click on Run Executable.
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