Bottles: App for the management of Wine and Windows Applications
Since, a few days ago, the latest version of the application called "Bottles", under the number of version 2022.8.14, today we will dedicate a special entry to her to begin to know her in depth. Since, in previous publications of varied news, we have only mentioned it and briefly commented on its novelties, when each version comes out.
Also, it is an excellent software utility to have in our GNU / Linux Distros, in case of requiring, by taste or necessity, of some Windows software (applications/games). And it can be easily installed by GNOMEsoftware with support for Flatpak, and optimized with Flat Seal.
First exploration of GNOME Circle with GNOME Software
But, before continuing the installation of "Bottles", we recommend exploring some previous related content, at the end:
Bottles: To use Windows Software on Linux
What is Bottles?
According to its developers in its Official website, "Bottles" is a software used to easily run the Windows software on Linux Through the use of container bottles. While, in his GitHub website They add that it allows the easy management of Wine prefixes in a new, much better way. Which, in turn, allows you to run a larger number of Windows apps and games about more GNU / Linux distributions.
Features
Among its many general characteristics The following can be briefly mentioned:
- It is an easy-to-use software, thanks to its intuitive interface.
- It is going for its stable version 2022.8.14, dated 18/08/2022.
- It is multilingual, and has good support in Spanish.
- Easy to download and install via Flatpak. Before, it was available on Snap and AppImage.
- Its setup file is relatively small (+/- 2,4 MB for FlatHub), which includes the GUI, splash screen, and a few other basics.
- Once installed, the rest of its useful components are usually downloaded during the installation and configuration of each bottle. This usually includes Wine components and others such as Gecko.
To know the news (changes and improvements) of the current and recent version, and previous versions, you can explore the following link.
Bottles with GNOME Software and Flatpak
And as we have been doing, to install the application Bottles we will use GNOMESoftware, about him respin Miracles 3.0 based MX-21 (Debian-11) with XFCE, which we currently have customized as if it were a Ubuntu 22.04. As shown below:
Installation
Optimization with Flatseal
First run on the operating system
Main graphical interface and bottle creation window
So far, as you can see, install and start using BottlesIt is something really easy and accessible to anyone. And as it is to be understood, that the application has a lot to offer and a lot of functionalities, characteristics and configuration parameters. In a next post We will delve into it.
Summary
In summary, "Bottles" is the ideal application to combine with GNOMEsoftware, in case you have added the Flatpack support, And in double with Flatseal. In such a way, to be able to manage every last detail or characteristic of Bottles. And so, being able to install and enjoy almost any app or game installed from Windows under our GNU / Linux Distros.
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