It’s slightly harder than Windows but not really hard either. I usually use Lutris like this:

1. Create a folder for the game in ~/Games/
2. Open that new folder in the terminal and run WINEPREFIX=$PWD winecfg to create a new wine prefix and then close winecfg
   • Maybe this could be done in Lutris too but I can’t check right now
3. Put the pirated game into the c_drive folder (Hope I’m remembering the folder name correctly) in that new wine prefix
4. Manually create a new game entry for the game using the information from the Lutris website (If you enter the exact same name and release year as on that website, you can click the reset button under each image and it will automatically download and select them) and select the installer .exe from the game folder as the game executable
5. Start the game in Lutris and go through the installer
6. After the installation is complete, edit the game entry again and select the .exe of the installed game as the executable
7. Delete the pirated game folder (the one with the installer) from the c_drive folder, since we don’t need it anymore
8. Now you can run the game from Lutris or right click it and select the option to create an application menu entry

Actually, I just read something in this comment section about the maintainer of Lutris rejecting PRs and rewriting them with AI which would be pretty shitty if true, so I might look into using something like Bottles instead but the process should be similar.

And yet, if one party feels they can just pick up territory with their superior capacity for violence, the rest of us are kind of forced to try to deter that.

The thing is, I disagree with that. This state is not something I think is worth defending with my life. I’d rather live under Putin than die on the front lines.

Honestly, that’s not what I worry about at all. I’m worried about the military buildup that is happening (not just in Germany). Nobody should have to die to protect state interests.

Stattdessen wollen wir noch mehr mit Israel zusammenarbeiten, vor allem militärisch. Aber scheinbar ist es ja okay, wenn es die Guten sind, die Menschen töten und es ist nur schlimm, wenn es die Bösen, wie Russland oder China, machen.

Germany wanting to have the strongest army in Europe and investing more money into the military than it ever has since Nazi Germany is totally not something we should worry about

I’m from Germany, not much better here 😕

What???

Midori - Aratamemashite Hajimemashite Midori Desu

Big surprise

Mine has LineageOS anyway

I also use that, mainly because of the Gboard theme (called FloriStyle). Makes it kinda like Gboard except open source and not from Google, which is exactly what I wanted. It has basically the same functions (except for typing suggestions, that’s still being worked ob) but I’m pretty sure it’s more customizable, even aside from the themes.

Baddie as in bad guys or as in slay queen?

I wasn’t using hyperbole and I specifically added this at the end:

(at least nothing you can see)

I know that it’s installing but as a user, I don’t really see anything happen or any indication of the progress. I just have to wait for some amount of time without any idea of how long I will have to wait. That makes it feel so long.

And don’t call me an idiot for doing something I never did. I don’t even know what you misinterpreted. This whole post is about how the time it takes to install an app was reduced and I shared my own experience to show why I think that’s a very good change. In response, you told me that an app has to be installed after downloading it. I never said that that wasn’t the case, so I didn’t understand what point you were trying to make, which is why I asked you.

Yes, I know but why are you telling me that?

Thanks, I didn’t even know you could lock the community

I just said it’s annoying and making that waiting time shorter is a good change

I know, what’s your point?

Did you install it using Steam?

It’s honestly pretty annoying when you have to update an app and after it’s done downloading, you just sit there for like 10 seconds while nothing happens (at least nothing you can see)

Downtime in this context means the time where you can’t use the application while its update is being installed