Bottles, a tool to run Windows software and games on Linux, has now been released in version 51.12.

The installation can be done via Flatpak.

51.12 Latest

What's Changed

Support d3d8 via dxvk
Removed @lru_cache decorator from the Paths class, plus minor typing fixes
Fixed crash on startup [#3329]
Updated GNOME runtime in manifest
Moved chattr_f function to appropriate class
Improved performance by using case-fold for drive_c when available
Fixed Gamescope options arguments
Added option to skip checksum when installing dependencies [#3278]
Fixed issue where bottles with spaces in name couldn't be run through bottle picker [#3287]
Fixed issue where kgx Launch with terminal was not working [#3289]
Repaired SyntaxWarning in generic.py (invalid escape sequence '\d') when starting bottles from CLI
Fixed misspelled media type (application/x-ms-dos-executable)
Switched to add_pattern from add_mime_type to resolve file filter issues on certain Linux distributions
Added TryExec to desktop entry

New Contributors

@TDYQ-Liu made their first contribution in #3286
@dependabot made their first contribution in #3163
@TomChapple made their first contribution in #3221
@jakedane made their first contribution in #3291

App/Game used to test this release

We are experimenting with this new thing in the release notes. Basically this is the app/game we used to test the new release.

Grand Theft Auto V via Epic Games Store