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Any way to compress game files on linux? I know that all games vary, content vary and so on, but is there any things i can look out for in like an average steam game which I can compress, and the game can still run fine, tools or programs or anything?

Clickbaity title on the original article, but I think this is the most important point to consider from it: After getting to 1% in approximately 2011, it took about a decade to double that to 2%. The jump from 2% to 3% took just over two years, and 3% to 4% took less than a year. Get the picture? The Linux desktop is growing, and it’s growing fast.

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This adds support for running crystal-dock on the COSMIC desktop environment (System76, currently in alpha). github.com/dangvd/crystal-dock/pull/237

I still love this machine. On MacOS, it still runs very well but is not supported anymore unfortunately. I have installed Mint on it and it was very sluggish. I then went for Ubuntu 22.04 and gnome 42.9 and it has been much better, keyboard, battery, trackpad and shortcuts have been supported mostly out of the box. But it’s still fairly slow, and it seems I haven’t managed to use the discrete GPU (NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M). Gaming on this, even with a low spec game, is impossible. Granted, 8Gb of ram feels a bit tight nowadays but it certainly has the raw power! Any other distro you’d recommend? Or perhaps a specific setup I could give a try to enjoy my MacBook at full power?

cleaned up my website a bit more under the hood. i’m running everything as rootless so there’s that. anyways, enjoy the 3rd track on my new album, Link Rot.

Neil: There's a wealth of amazing Free software out there! I use loads of it. Them: What do you use to write documents? Me: I use vim. I write in Markdown, then convert it. (typst + pandoc) Them: What about presentations? Me: I use vim. I write in Markdown, then convert it. (revealjs) Them: Your website? Blog? Me: I use vim. I write in Markdown, then convert it. (mkdocs / bssg) Them: So what about keeping notes? Me: Oddly enough, I use vim. I write in Markdown... (vimwiki) #FreeSoftware #FOSS #Linux #vim #Markdown

Täusche ich mich oder macht Microsoft ein Fass auf um den Leuten die Cloud oder besser gesagt Mist wieder schmackhaft zu machen? 😂 https://www.heise.de/news/Stabileres-Windows-Cloud-gestuetzte-Treiber-Wiederherstellung-fuer-Windows-Update-11295257.html Linux kann so schön sein... #linux #microsoft #treiber #pc #bullshit #windows

Every distribution listed here ships without systemd as the default init: https://systemdfree.com #linux #systemd

To be completely frank, i created this guide for myself using an LLM, by using this guide that i found on reddit as a starting point. It was completely indecipherable to a new bazziteOS user like myself, but the guide worked! I am posting it here hoping it will be just as helpful for someone else :D

1. Install the basic tools

You need three main things: Lutris, ProtonUp-Qt, and some Proton-GE builds.

1.1 Enable Flatpak (usually already enabled on Bazzite)

Open a terminal and run:

flatpak remotes

If you see flathub in the list, you’re good. If not:

sudo flatpak remote-add –if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

1.2 Install Lutris and ProtonUp-Qt

flatpak install flathub net.lutris.Lutris flatpak install flathub net.davidotek.pupgui2

1. Install GE-Proton and a vanilla Wine via ProtonUp-Qt

Open ProtonUp-Qt (look for “ProtonUp-Qt” in your app menu). At the top, there’s a “Target” selector:

Set it to “Lutris”.

Click “Add version”:

For GE-Proton:

Type: GE-Proton Pick a recent version (e.g. GE-Proton9-XX or similar).

For Wine (vanilla):

Type: Wine-GE or Lutris-Wine or similar “vanilla-ish” Wine build.

(You just need a normal 64‑bit Wine version, not Proton, to create the prefix.)

When done, ProtonUp-Qt will have installed:

One vanilla Wine build for prefix creation. One GE-Proton build for running Photoshop.

1. Get the patched Wine from the guide (OP’s tar.gz)

From the guide you quoted, there’s a patched Wine tar.gz file. Do this:

Download that wine-…tar.gz file into your Downloads folder. Right-click → Extract Here (or use your file manager’s extract option). You should end up with a folder that contains something like bin/wine inside.

Note the full path to that folder (for example:

/home/yourname/Downloads/wine-op-patched/).

We’ll point Lutris to that later.

1. Prepare a folder for the Photoshop prefix

This is where your “fake Windows C: drive” will live.

Create a folder, for example:

mkdir -p ~/Games/photoshop2021-prefix

Remember this path: ~/Games/photoshop2021-prefix.

1. Create a new Lutris entry for Photoshop

Open Lutris. Click the “+” button → “Add locally installed game”. In the Game info tab:

Name: Adobe Photoshop 2021 Runner: choose Wine.

Click Save once to create it, then right-click the new entry → Configure.

1. Step 1 in the guide: create a 64‑bit prefix with vanilla Wine

In the Configure window for Photoshop:

6.1 Runner options

Go to the “Runner options” tab:

Wine version:

Choose the vanilla Wine you installed via ProtonUp-Qt (it will appear in the list, often with a name like wine-ge-… or lutris-fshack-…—pick the one that is not GE-Proton if you installed both). Enable DXVK/VKD3D/etc: leave defaults for now.

6.2 Game options

Go to the “Game options” tab:

Executable:

Point this to your Photoshop 2021 installer (e.g. /home/yourname/Downloads/Photoshop2021/setup.exe). Wine prefix:

Set this to the folder you created:

~/Games/photoshop2021-prefix

6.3 Make sure the prefix is 64‑bit

Lutris usually creates 64‑bit prefixes by default, but to be explicit:

Go to the “System options” tab. In Environment variables, add:

Key: WINEARCH Value: win64

Click Save.

6.4 Initialize the prefix

Now, with vanilla Wine selected:

In Lutris, right-click Adobe Photoshop 2021 → Wine console (or Run EXE inside wine prefix if available). If there’s an option like “Run EXE inside wine prefix”, choose something harmless (or just run the game once).

The goal: let Wine create the prefix at ~/Games/photoshop2021-prefix.

If it asks to install Mono or Gecko, accept.

Once that’s done, the 64‑bit prefix is initialized.

1. Step 2: switch to OP’s patched Wine for the actual install

Now we follow the “Wine for creating prefix → patched Wine for install” part.

Right-click Adobe Photoshop 2021 in Lutris → Configure.

Go to “Runner options”.

For Wine version, choose “Custom” (or similar wording).

There should be a field like “Custom Wine executable” or “Use system/custom Wine”:

Point it to the wine binary inside the patched tar.gz folder, e.g.:

/home/yourname/Downloads/wine-op-patched/bin/wine

Make sure Wine prefix in Game options is still:

~/Games/photoshop2021-prefix.

Make sure Executable is still your Photoshop installer.

Click Save.

Now run the game entry in Lutris (double-click it).

This should launch the Photoshop 2021 installer using the patched Wine.

Go through the installer like on Windows. Install into the default path (usually C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop 2021).

When the installer finishes, close it.

1. Step 3: switch to GE-Proton to run Photoshop

Now we follow the last part: “GE-Proton for running the app”.

Right-click Adobe Photoshop 2021 → Configure.

Game options:

Change Executable from the installer to the actual Photoshop EXE inside the prefix, something like:

/home/yourname/Games/photoshop2021-prefix/drive_c/Program Files/Adobe/Adobe Photoshop 2021/Photoshop.exe

Runner options:

Wine version: choose the GE-Proton build you installed via ProtonUp-Qt (e.g. GE-Proton9-XX).

Keep Wine prefix as ~/Games/photoshop2021-prefix.

Click Save.

Now double-click Adobe Photoshop 2021 in Lutris.

If everything went right, Photoshop should start.

1. Quality-of-life tweaks (optional but helpful)

Fonts & UI issues:

If text looks weird, you can install corefonts and other components via Winetricks (Lutris → right-click game → Winetricks). Performance:

In Runner options, you can enable DXVK, Esync, Fsync if they aren’t already.

1. If something breaks

Because you’re new to Linux, a few tips if it doesn’t work:

If the prefix gets messed up, you can:

Close Lutris. Delete ~/Games/photoshop2021-prefix. Recreate it and repeat from Step 6.

When asking for help online, mention:

Distro: BazziteOS (Fedora-based) Runner: Lutris Wine version: which vanilla Wine, which patched Wine, which GE-Proton version Any error messages from Lutris logs.

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You guys are awesome. You’ve taken a bunch of sand and made it do some amazing things. FOSS devs especially, you do this for the good of everyone for little benefit to yourselves. You all deserve a medal.

Something to handle code, text and math.