1: what should i replace the hp printer app,wd drive app,msi dragon center(useful for making fans go faster) with? laptop is msi gf63 thin10sc i plan on using ubuntu.

2: does linux have backwards compatiblity ? like can i take an old app file put it on usb then open it on another linux computer? this is important to me as i like to hoard data like apps and games.

3: can i install apps the windows way? im totally fine with using a package manager. i just mean can i do that?

4: how can i run pirated games and apps on linux? i don’t want to use steam really.

5 can i have country emojis in ubuntu? or hevc codec and other codecs for free? im aware of vlc,but sometimes you need the codec itself on the system to edit or reencode some videos.

6: can i install and use windows games offline?(after i setup wine or its gui manager and install all visuall c++ things) or not?

7: can i run apps or install them offline? like windows? and hoard those files like .exes on windows? and then take those files to more upgraded linux version or another distro or even another linux pc and run them offline?

8: can wine run .bat files? im intrested in this to see if it will run cod cold war from fitgirl fine or not.

i typed a lot of questions about hoarding,sorry if these questions are stupid. i just like hoarding. if i have other questions i will make another post. thanks

  • ferric_carcinization@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago
    1. I’ve heard good things about CUPS for printing, not sure about the wd drive app & msi dragon center.
    2. Not really, with exceptions:
    • Appimages are a Linux equivalent of Windows’ EXE files. Everything the program requires to run is contained in a single file, which can be run anywhere.
    • Statically linked applications, for example, a lot of software written in Rust & Go, also include everything needed to run, but in a different, more compact way.
    • Not what you want or mean, but source-based distributions, like Gentoo do not distribute ready-to-run software*, but rather scripts/instructions for building for source in an automatic manner. This decouples the file you get from your distribution from the required library versions somewhat, in a way, increasing backwards compatibility a bit.
    1. You can, although you should use the system’s package manager, if possible. You can just download an appimage or a statically linked executable and give it the executable permission (chmod +x <path-to-program>) and run the file.
    2. First, beware that Wine is malware compatible! Wine — upon which Valve’s Proton is based — can be used to run Windows programs & games on Linux (and MacOS). Alternatively, you can use umu-launcher to launch non-steam programs with Proton. If you encounter problems with Wine, you could try looking into the Lutris launcher, winetricks & the winedb website.
    3. You ask multiple things here: 5.1. Flag emojis: Yes, so long as you have fonts with them installed. (They probably are on Ubuntu) Flag emojis are interesting that they’re just 2 special characters, representing a country code. If you have a font that specifies a flag for a country with the code “FR”, you get support for the French flag emoji. There is also nothing stopping a font from including flag emojis for fictional or historical flags. 5.2 Codecs: Yup, HEVC (H.265) and others are supported at no cost. FFmpeg supports it, so you can transcode video on Linux. Just be aware of the quality loss from lossy->lossy conversion.
    4. Yes, Wine works offline.
    5. See points 2 & 3. Also, if you have a package file (.deb for Debian-based distributions like Ubuntu), you can use the package manager to install it. Well, so long as you have its dependencies either installed or as package files stored offline. You can also run a repository offline, but that’s probably not really useful to you. Be aware that you should assume package files to be distro-specific, unless otherwise specified. (A .deb file without dependencies could run on both Debian & Ubuntu. If I remember, EndeavourOS uses Arch’s repositories, so it should be compatible with Arch.)
    6. Yes, Wine can run .bat files. Wine contains a terminal program (windecmd or winecommand I think), which works like a windows command prompt window.

    *With exceptions

    If you have other questions or if anything remains unclear, ask away!

  • IsoKiero@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    5·
    3 hours ago

    1. You likely don’t need any of those with linux

    2. Generally not in a way that windows has. Windows installers tend to have libraries and everything they need to run and that’s why they can work over generations of operating systems. Some linux packages and executables are self-contained, but vast majority is not. Some applications work with newer versions of shared libaries, some do not. It really depends on application and hoarding them isn’t really something you generally need to do as package manager on your distribution will have up-to-date versions available anyways.

    3. I’m not quite sure what you mean, but I’m going to say no.

    4. Wine and proton work just fine without steam

    5. Yes and yes

    6. Yes

    7. Yes, normal applications don’t rely on internet access. With hoarding, look for 2nd answer.

    8. Yes

    • steam@programming.devOP
      2·
      3 hours ago

      thanks for answers. also by question 3 i mean “can i search on google ,download a file and install an app with it? like .exes on windows”.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
        3·
        2 hours ago

        Yes, you can. Maybe look up Flatpak and AppImage files, that’s the a bit more clever way to do it. Mind, though, we all, including Windows people try to teach people to avoid installing and running random executables from the internet. As that might mess up the system. And in the Windows world you might catch some viruses. You can do it, though. You can even run random Windows software via Wine/Proton. Or to make it a bit easier, use Lutris or Bottles for Windows .EXEs and downloaded games.

        Usually, try to leverage all the tens of thousands of programs packaged with your Linux distribution. Your Linux will come with all the major browsers, printer drivers and all the popular software. If you install that, it’s pretty much guaranteed to work because it’s tested and tied into the system. You’ll get automatic updates. They’ll have a look at security (and sometimes privacy). You’ll forfeit all of that if you run random stuff downloaded from the internet. So keep it to a minimum and do it just in case there’s no better way.

        And speaking from own experience, I often had a hard time with things like the tools downloaded from some printer manufacturer’s website. Usually the stuff Linux comes with, works way better. So try that first.

        • 0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.mlEnglish
          1·
          41 minutes ago

          It’s easy to build most flatpaks on flathub into bundles from source.

          An example building KDE's weather application from source 
          # Setup for building bundles
sudo apt install flatpak flatpak-builder git
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --user flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

# Building flatpak bundles from source code
git clone https://github.com/flathub/org.kde.kweather 
cd org.kde.kweather
flatpak-builder --force-clean --user --install-deps-from=flathub --repo=repo builddir org.kde.kweather.json
flatpak build-bundle repo org.kde.kweather.flatpak org.kde.kweather

# Installing the build on any device that has completed setup
flatpak install -y --user ./org.kde.kweather.flatpak

# Running the installed flatpak
flatpak run org.kde.kweather

          The flathub organization account contains everything needed for most applications on flathhub

          https://github.com/flathub

          edit: I write code sometimes, and building projects from source is often a painful process that can feel overwhelming and hopeless at times. I was really impressed when I realized this was possible, and went and built some of my favorite applications from source afterwards.

          • 0t79JeIfK01RHyzo@lemmy.mlEnglish
            1·
            36 minutes ago

            I have to pip install with uv and create a venv to… wait why didn’t gcc finish linking I can’t read this error WTF where is my this lib I’ve installed 30 packages from apt

  • whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml
    3·
    3 hours ago

    What do you use the hp printer app for? What do you use the wd drive app for?

    All the rest of the shit you asked you’re just gonna have to figure out for yourself. The answers are all yes but you’re gonna have to learn how it’s different.

    • steam@programming.devOP
      2·
      3 hours ago

      i use the hp app to print and scan stuff. wd drive i almost never use it so i may just ignore it. but when i do use it i use it to check the hdd drive health

      • whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml
        3·
        3 hours ago

        You can use smartctl or some gui wrapper for it to do the wd app stuff (warning, this will not work and you will have to learn how your specific drive misreports smart data!).

        You’ll figure out how to print and scan in linux eventually if your printer is supported. It’s probably supported.