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Cake day: March 4th, 2025

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  • I’ve basically done this for games and other programs using this desktop file:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=Run with Bottles
    Comment=Run directly with bottles
    Icon=com.usebottles.bottles
    Exec=bottles-cli run --bottle Gaming --executable %f
    Terminal=false
    NoDisplay=true
    Type=Application
    Categories=Utility;GNOME;GTK;
    StartupNotify=true
    StartupWMClass=bottles
    MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bottles;application/x-ms-dos-executable;application/x-msi;application/x-ms-shortcut;application/x-wine-extension-msp;
    Keywords=wine;windows;
    X-GNOME-UsesNotifications=true
    

    Save as runwithbottles.desktop in ~/.local/share/applications And remember to change --bottle Gaming to whatever bottle you want to use.

    Now you can run any .exe by double clicking on it. If you associate it with ‘Run with Bottles’ This needs bottles to be installed, but allows you to run executables with Proton or Proton-GE too.


  • I bought an Asus Zenbook 14 about a year ago, specifically for immediately installing linux on it and doing some light gaming (I also have a linux desktop)

    It has been surprisingly good. When the windows setup launched, the fans were spinning up loudly. I wiped the laptop and installed NixOs. Suddenly the fans went quiet, and I got an estimated battery life of around 11 hours with light usage, excellent.

    It has an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS CPU with 780M graphics. I was surprised at what you can run on this. Even Elden Ring was working smoothly on low to medium settings. And the laptop weighs around 1.2kg. I found it even more practical to carry around than my steam deck. (which I’ve sold)

    Overall pretty great experience. Planning to build an Egpu to connect to the USB4 ports so I can add a bit of extra horsepower with an external GPU when needed.