Easily Run Windows Apps On Linux With Bottles

Need to run Windows programs on Linux? Bottles can help with that! Bottles is a frontend to WINE. Choose between Gaming and Software environment based on the type of software you want to start. More advanced users can choose the Custom environment to configure the bottle on their own.

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[UltraZelda]

I think "compatibility layer" is the more technical term for what Wine actually is, as it converts low-level Windows system calls to something that the Linux (and other UNIX/POSIX) kernels can understand and execute, and effectively runs the application "natively" (or semi-natively?). It's equivalent to the old code in 32-bit versions of Windows that allowed MS-DOS programs to run, or Windows' own settings to allow programs to run in "compatibility mode" for older versions of the OS.

Wine does not emulate an entire CPU like, for example, DOSBox, BSNES and KEGA Fusion... so therefore, "Wine is not an emulator." It just translates things meant for the Windows kernel in such a way that other kernels can understand.

[scottmiller]

Does Bottles let you natively access the GPU? FUTURE SCOTT: Yes, it looks like the configurations allow you to access the GPU directly.

[neati]

It's truly astounding how easy the internet makes learning these days. Thanks for the tutorial, my guy.

[dkosmari]

Wine is as much of an emulator as GNU libc is an emulator of Bell Labs' libc, or Linux is an emulator of the Unix kernel. It's not an emulator at all. The Wine process is only used to load up the executable file, which is in a weird format (for Unix systems); after it's loaded, it runs as a native, non-emulated process.

[kychemclass]

Being totally soaked in a windows app is a HUGE problem that gets very little attention. What would be near revolutionary are guides showing you 'The Windows program does You achieve this effect in on linux by doing I know this is the kind of thing that new Linux learners can pickup themselves but it can be a very frustrating learning curve and I'm sure some just end up going back to Windows. Help people defeat problems before they arise to help people make the transition.

[Neuron]

If I could get PaintDotNet to run on Linux I would never look back. PDN has a great team of devs behind it and a forum where users create plugins in the form of Effects that allow for some pretty cool image manipulation. I've been hooked on PDN for a couple decades now and it's the only reason I keep Windoze around.

[UltraZelda]

Ah... IrfanView. That was one of the standout Windows programs, along with Winamp, that I really missed when ditching Windows way back in 2004-2006. It was a fast, lightweight image viewer with sort of a basic file manager/list view. My replacement back in the day was gqview, which I believe is now called Geeqie.

Anyone who likes IrfanView, give Geeqie a try. It worked for me, you might just like it!

[PCranieri]

Man this is so useful. I struggled for DAYS trying to setup a wineprefix to run BattleNet smoothly. And now this. So simple, yet so powerful. I love It, thanks mate

[einfachlinux]

Hi Derek, once again a great video from you!
I always had my problems with Wine to configure it correctly, but Bottles looks so easy! I will take a look at it.
The step from Win to Linux is - just as you said at the beginning - with the hurdle that some programs are not available under Linux, but are necessary. For example, due to my profession, I use an accounting program and a tax software and currently use them in a VM. Otherwise I am completely on Linux only. And for both programs I'm sure I'll find something, just takes a little time ;-)
Thanks for your content, which I like very much. Many greetings from Germany :-)

[psiborg]

Very nice, I installed Bottles and will play with it, thank you!!! Edit: Running Cinebench R23 was very easy using your instructions!

[romakrelian]

Thanks for introducing this to me. I'm excited to try it out.

[kamikamieu]

You can manage Flatpak permissions with Flatseal. It’s a really good app. You can just click all the through all the settings and it’s easy to understand.

[pkdum]

Flatseal works well for giving Bottles (and other flatpaks) access to additional parts of your filesystem.

[LoganGreye]

Wow! This sounds really cool! Clever name too. "Bottles" bc it's using WINE. I'm going to have to re-watch the video to make sure I understand how it works and how to best use it. The fact this exists I'm sure is a huge help vs just trying to use WINE alone.

[Blazestar]

Wow! This Bottles flatpak the piece of software!

I use Wine and winecfg often, but creating bottles for individual programs always intimidated me. This looks like a great way to get my feet wet :) thanx DT!

[warhawk_yt]

The big issue I have with wine is it’s sometimes difficult to find out what dependency the program requires especially if it’s not that well known of a program.

[altrogeruvah]

This is a great video, but I wish people reviewing Wine would try installing something else outside Notepad++ and IrfanView, cause these two software are known to work on Wine for a decade now, they have been covered to death and I don't think Notepad++ is anyone's dealbreaker on moving to Linux... An Adobe or Affinity product on the other hand? Maybe.

[zenutopiak]

Good video, but it would have been cool to see you install a few AAA Windows games with Bottles (future video?), as gaming is one of the main reasons people stick with Windows. Many people (including myself) have tried installing/playing Windows games in Linux, only to give up in frustration, and just use Wiindows to play games.

[pawouapproval]

Thanks for sharing this! I tried creating wine environments manually, but it's a bit difficult and only works around half the time when I try, hopefully this will help!

[MissyMalaprop]

I love Bottles... they do a good job on it.
I have problems with the preset Gaming or Application bottles, so I always use Custom.