I wanted to find a way to access some basic Windows apps - specifically OneNote. I came across a Youtube video highlighting wines and bottles as a mediator so down loaded it. I am now completely stuck with how it works. i went to their website and found this The files we download are available from ourpublic repositoryfor analysis purposes. The latest versions of the following components will be downloaded at the first start:
** Caffe runner*
** DXVK*
** VKD3D*
** NVAPI*
** LatencyFleX*
** Runtime*
I think they are downloaded from github whatever they are . Is this not what I think it is as the app I open has only a button to 'install game'.
And then after a few seconds it should appear as a floating window.
My last attempt was Logitech GHub and the floating window for the installer appeared, but only loaded as a plain black rectangle and did not change at all for 10 minutes. I tried adjusting various settings in Bottles and re-creating several Bottles but got the same result every time. In the end I gave up and used Piper, which is mostly fine but quite cumbersome.
It takes a lot more manual configuration and they're quite finicky as still beta, especially if you want Internet connectivity, but you could give WinApps (cli) or WinBoat (gui) a try.
Luckily, I have a spare old laptop so I use that for the very few things I can't find a suitable alternative for on linux.
Thanks for the helpful comment. I only have my mobile phone which just happens to be android to try anything MS. I will try out the other options. I can confirm I added a bottle using the inhouse customisation- none of the other options worked and called it Test. I will review what you indicate but not hopeful. The onenote had all my notes unsurprisingly on it for work purposes chiefly and was excellent as a indexed storage device to find things easily
If you are reliant on MS apps for work or other reasons, then I understand.
Me neither. I gave up trying to run Windows apps on ZorinOS through Wine & PoL a long time ago. I now use Joplin instead of OneNote on multiple platforms.
use of bottles is pretty straight forward once installed it takes you through a setup to install some of the dependencys needed for most stuff after that you hit the + to create a bottle name the bottle is top box area then you choose what its for applications, games or custom then create the bottle it will (based of selection) do a wine/bottles interface to setup what is needed for selection once done you will see this
hit the run exe and a screen opens goto where you have the exe at and do the open upper right it should start to install the exe once done you get a screen like this
click the black arrow to right and if the program will work with linux it will start if it fails to start its not able...at this time to run on linux
Much appreciated - however the core issue is that 1) the only bottle I was able to create was using the default embedded in the app - none of the other options worked and reported errors 2) the app then allows me to open the bottle and I can either find a preset app ( all gaming apps) OR I use the executable function. 3) this is contingent on my knowing and having an installation of, whatever I want - in this case MS Onenote or say Powerpoint ( random examples)
Because I am not a coder nor have any background in this ( Migrants from MS have had this done behind the scenes for them unless they are anoraks with expertise in MSDos etc) . I thus spend hours trying to restore very basic things . One example is I use WPS for WOffice products and which is largely fine (LibreOffice has issues with navigation page which is vital for large documents so stopped using it) but doesn't have the subtlety of Word ( ditto Excel and PowerPoint) Because I have to use the browser version of Teams for work reasons I cannot find ways to share effectively with MS work mates. I also had massive problems with being shared a sharepoint site - it crashed my laptop completely . I really want to be fan of the new Linux world but the learning curve is massive unless one is content using the absolute basics. I cannot safely offer to work from home given the above? I don't know how to move forward at present having spent inordinate amount of time trying to get things to work.
Hmm, that sounds like a very abrupt switch to Linux, which didn't leave you any time to get familiar with the system at your own pace. Maybe you could ask the repair shop that installed Zorin without your consent to reinstall Windows for you or set up a dual-boot system?
Post script. Sorry - more updates ...I navigated to the first link ( takes me to github which I know to be a repository) and it shows Oskardotglobal - I don't know what to do with this as Github is in effect in a library and I need to install this like borrowing a book to continue the metaphor. .... Presumably via the terminal in Zorin?
In the meantime, would you be able to use the web version of OneNote just to get yourself up and running, and when you have more time be able to dive deeper into these issues? There's definitely going to be curveballs no matter which way you slice it.
And I know the web version of these products are... subpar, to say the least, but they at least should function enough for the time being, hopefully.
Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you mean with this.
The first link is to the Bottles website, not GitHub.
If you mean the WinApps link, I was going to say that I have no idea what Oskardotglobal is but looking at the code that is the username of one of the main contributors. You don't need to care about that, or the commits, unless you want to audit the code history for yourself - which is never a bad idea, if you have the know-how.
There are installation instructions further down the main page, below the features and supported applications:
This is a cli tool though, meaning command-line interface, also known as the terminal. You install, configure, manage, and use it entirely through text files and terminal commands until you have installed the Windows software you want, which will then run as a "normal" graphical window. If you're not comfortable working almost entirely in the terminal, then this is not a simple thing to use.
The WinBoat project instead provides a gui (graphical user interface) to install and manage the underlying Windows virtual machine, which is much more approachable for less technical users but provides much less flexibility. Due to being in beta, some configuration may still require manually editing text files, though. For this one you do want to download a suitable package from the latest Release on GitHub to install it.
Thanks - Its fundamentally the problem in dealing with a new OS language. In summary I found an app called wine ( and bottles). It would not accept a bottle UNLESS I used the inbuilt 'server code' rather than a third party. I called it test. I opened test and it then required me to enter a exec command . At this point my learning curve is reached. I don't know HOW to put in an installation exec code. I think you mentioned getting this functionality via github which I know to be a library. So even if I downloaded from git hub I have no idea in this lifetime at least how to convert that into exe code to satisfy the bottle I have created. I don't know whether this makes sense so will attempt to do a screen shot
Yes you click the run executable a popup comes up and you then find where the .exe is at usally in downloads if you downloaded it and open the exe. bottles should start installing it once done a new program start appears here is an example
as you can see i have several options on the program. usally there is just 1 maybe 2...depends on the program i hit one of those black arrows and the program should start and open. thats if it works with linux that is
I do not know what "server code" or "installation exec code" has to do with Bottles, I have never encountered those terms while using it. From your screenshot, you should click the "Run Executable" button which will open a file picker window where you can select the installer file for whatever Windows software you want to use. Windows software is usually provided as .exe or .msi files, for example lghub_installer.exe.
I did not mention GitHub in relation to Bottles. Maybe you misread when I said I tried to use it for Logitech GHub? This is an application for configuring Logitech gaming keyboards and mice; nothing to do with GitHub.
I provided links to GitHub for both WinApps and WinBoat, as that is where their code is hosted and instructions are provided, but again that is not in relation to using Bottles. I suggested them as possible alternatives to Bottles, as I have never managed to use Bottles successfully despite (or because of) it's simplistic GUI interface, though both do require more technical know-how than Bottles.
I have also never seen GitHub be referred to as a "library" before. It is a hosting platform for the git version-control system used by programmers, to keep a history of their project's development. It does also allow developers to make software downloads available to users, but that's optional and not every project makes use of it, so it being a "software library" or "app store" is not really correct.
