I’ve been seeing all these posts about Linux lately, and looking at them, I can honestly see the appeal. I’d love having so much autonomy over the OS I use, and customize it however I like, even having so many options to choose from when it comes to distros. The only thing holding me back, however, is incompatibility issues. A lot of programs I work with very often are Windows-exclusive, and alternatives supporting Linux are rare. So I guess I’m stuck with Windows, since I deem those particular programs really important.

Any advice from Linux nerds here? All constructive replies are very appreciated.

  • Arthur_Leywin
    2·
    1 year ago

    Virtual machine or Bottles. If neither can help then I just take the L

      • Arthur_Leywin
        5·
        1 year ago

        It’s a thing that’s built on top of wine (Windows application compatibility thingy). Its purpose is to create environments for Windows applications in a very user-friendly manner with a GUI. I think whatever you can do in Bottles, someone could do with the terminal using wine but that’s difficult.

        Haven’t used Bottles in a while but you just get the .exe file like you would when using Windows OS, then you put it in the Bottles, and it should run. I have no clue about the details, but if you click enough buttons, it should work properly.

    • TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      A question regarding bottles, do I have to install dependencies in the settings? My exe all installed without error but can’t open.

      • Arthur_Leywin
        1·
        1 year ago

        Not sure. I guess it depends on the software you’re trying to use. Watcha downloading? Maybe I can try it on my end.

        • TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I am just testing things out, so I’m trying to install Kindle Previewer and Caesium image compressor. All install correctly, but crash upon execute.

          This is the error for Kindle Previewer

          18:13:06 (INFO) Catalog installers loaded 
18:13:06 (INFO) Catalog dependencies loaded 
18:13:06 (INFO) Catalog components loaded 
18:13:09 (INFO) Launching an executable… 
18:13:09 (WARNING) Windows path detected. Avoiding validation. 
18:13:09 (INFO) Using Wine Starter -- run 
wineserver: using server-side synchronization.
wine: RLIMIT_NICE is <= 20, unable to use setpriority safely
002c:err:wineboot:process_run_key Error running cmd L"C:\\windows\\system32\\winemenubuilder.exe -r" (2).
0118:err:ntlm:ntlm_LsaApInitializePackage no NTLM support, expect problems
          • Arthur_Leywin
            1·
            1 year ago

            I’m having issues too. I’d just use a VM at that point xD. With Bottles it’s usually hit or miss but with a VM, almost anything works. Sorry friend🤧

            Edit: my virtual machine manager of choice is GNOME Boxes because it’s very easy to use. If it doesn’t work it usually means KVM or SVM (one of them) is disabled in your BIOS.

            • TwinTusks@outpost.zeuslink.netEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              NP, I guess I’ll just have to accept it (I only use it to convert ebooks to KFX format, it seems a bit overkill to have VM Windows just for that.)

              Thank you for trying to help.