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Installing OS, 10 years ago:

Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

Installing OS today:

Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

Link to video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qKRmYW1D0S0

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[-] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world 23 points 4 months ago

I have found that steam proton is a powerful wine machine. I'm not sure if it would help with any of the programs you are trying to run as it does have limits, but I've been shoving a ton of .exe files into steam and they usually work flawlessly.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 10 points 4 months ago

i like using bottles or lutris for that, you can change wine versions and parameters easier in case something doesn't work.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Lutris with wine-ge has made some things work for me that didn't work with plain wine. So definitely worth it to try.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

I've been shoving a ton of .exe files into steam

I wasn't aware that was an option. Do you have a link on how to do that?

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

Steam can't tell if something is a "game" or not, so you do it the same way as playing a non-steam game through the launcher

https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-add-non-steam-games-to-your-steam-library

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Thank you very much.

[-] phantomwise@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Oh I had no idea that was possible, thanks :D

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