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Show HN: WineBar: A yet another Wine prefix manager, with Asahi Linux support

https://github.com/Tulon/WineBar
2•JosifA•1h ago
My daily driver is a Macbook Air M2 running Linux - Fedora Asahi Remix to be precise. One thing I missed when using it is the ability to occasionally run Windows software using Wine. Apparently, you can run Steam on it and apparently Steam allows installing and running arbitrary Windows software, but when I tried it, I couldn't create an account and in general, I'd rather not use Stream. I succeeded running and older version of Heroic Games Launcher [1] under muvm (a virtual machine that runs a 4K page kernel on a 16K one). That wasn't terribly easy though and I wanted a better experience. My other problem with Heroic and with other launchers focused on games is the lack of flexibility - they either work for a particular piece of software or they don't, and you can't do anything about it. For instance, an installer may require a certain package to be installed using Winetricks [2], before it runs. Heroic doesn't give you a chance to run anything before the installer runs. Long story short, I decided to build my own Wine prefix manager that would be flexible, not focused exclusively on games and would run on Asahi Linux. Also, I decided to write it in a new language for me (Dart / Flutter) and learn that language as a byproduct. Five months later, it's finally ready and I'd like to get feedback on it. BTW, it also supports regular x86_64 Linux distros, though it doesn't receive as much testing on them.

[1]: https://heroicgameslauncher.com/ [2]: https://github.com/Winetricks/winetricks

How to Watch the Radiant Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight

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1•cjbarber•5m ago•0 comments

Stop Blaming the "Weatherman"

https://developer.sealegs.ai/blog/stop-blaming-the-weatherman.html
1•mattkdev•7m ago•0 comments

Freeciv 3D – help improve it with AI

https://github.com/freecivx/freecivx
1•roschdal•7m ago•1 comments

What happens if you press 'x' in Helix in a Zellij pane running in Alacritty?

https://henry.catalinismith.se/2025/12/12/what-happens-if-you-press-x-in-helix-in-a-zellij-pane-r...
1•GardenLetter27•9m ago•0 comments

Dogspinner

https://www.pigenpalace.com/dogspinner/
2•tylersayshi•10m ago•0 comments

The Deadweight Loss of Entertainment

https://moultano.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/the-dead-weight-loss-of-entertainment/
1•paulpauper•10m ago•0 comments

This Year's Hottest Toy Is Made by a Tech Startup You've Never Heard Of

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1•kjhughes•13m ago•0 comments

Purrtran – ᓚᘏᗢ – A Programming Language for Cat People

https://github.com/cmontella/purrtran
1•simonpure•15m ago•0 comments

How to Revive Biopharma Productivity

https://www.writingruxandrabio.com/p/a-manifesto-for-reviving-biopharma
1•paulpauper•18m ago•0 comments

Did humans make fire earlier than we had thought?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/dec/10/man-made-fire-350000-years-earlier-than-previousl...
2•paulpauper•18m ago•1 comments

The Prosumer Shift in B2B SaaS: Where Consumer UX Meets Enterprise Value

https://middlelayer.substack.com/p/where-consumer-ux-meets-enterprise
1•logan1085•21m ago•0 comments

Show HN: A distraction-free writing environment

https://github.com/andrewmd5/dawn
1•andrew_rfc•22m ago•0 comments

Sony's Interactive Ad Patent

https://insights.greyb.com/sonys-interactive-ad-patent/
2•kafkaesque•22m ago•1 comments

Gemini Live Speech Translation

https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-audio-model-updates/
2•lukax•26m ago•0 comments

Deserted Racetrack Is Almost 30 Miles from the Nearest Paved Road

https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-deserted-racetrack-is-almost-30-miles-from-the-nearest-paved-road
2•PaulHoule•35m ago•0 comments

Pervasive behavioral pull of sunk cost as a force shaping our material reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymdut8EodIk
1•ambientenv•35m ago•0 comments

The AI-Native Software Development Lifecycle: Theoretical/ Practical Methodology

https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.03416
1•wek•36m ago•0 comments

I'll record a free demo video for your mobile site

1•admtal•36m ago•0 comments

Observational study of a lidocaine-based treatment for Long Covid

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1•amelius•36m ago•0 comments

Fast, Memory-Efficient Hash Table in Java: Borrowing the Best Ideas

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11•birdculture•36m ago•0 comments

We used Codex to build Sora for Android in 28 days

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2•aschobel•37m ago•0 comments

Ownership of the Means of Thinking

https://mcrawford.substack.com/p/ownership-of-the-means-of-thinking
2•ambientenv•38m ago•0 comments

Modern humans in Australia about 60k years ago via 2 routes – genetic analysis

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2•bookofjoe•42m ago•0 comments

Depeche Mode's Prediction of Corporate Elitism, Lies, and Deceit

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2•nsagheen•42m ago•0 comments

Analysis finds anytime electricity from solar available as battery costs plummet

https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/12/12/analysis-finds-anytime-electricity-from-solar-available-as...
21•Matrixik•46m ago•6 comments

Using Nvi as a Minimal and Fast Text Editor

https://git.sr.ht/~r1w1s1/code-notes/blob/main/notes/NVI_Editor_Guide.txt
2•todsacerdoti•46m ago•0 comments

Problem: Why 32-Bit Systems Will Fail Like Y2K [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYY7V2CGT0g
1•senfiaj•47m ago•0 comments

MCP Security Scanner

https://github.com/Teycir/Mcpwn
1•teycirb•48m ago•1 comments

The Emerging Market for Intelligence: Pricing, Supply, and Demand for LLMs

https://twitter.com/AndreyFradkin/status/1999630104004329940
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Why Your AI Wakes Up Every Morning with No Memory (and How to Fix It)

https://lakshminp.substack.com/p/why-your-ai-wakes-up-every-morning
1•gmays•55m ago•1 comments