Recent content by KevMantis

Interesting idea. Have you actually installed this version and installed Swordsearcher on it? My understanding of this version of Windows 10 is that obtaining a legal license is not feasible for individuals. It is not free. It can only be legally purchased through volume licensing. The...

Yes, but Windows 10 support ended in October 2025. That means no more security updates. It will work, but it will become increasingly risky to use for anything internet related as time goes by. It has been awhile since I have installed Windows 10. I don't remember if it requires internet...

There is a potential solution to running SwordSearcher on a Linux computer that has already been mentioned, but I hadn't tried it before now. I decided to build a Windows 11 virtual machine with KVM/QEMU. Something I did not realize is that an unregistered (i.e. no paid license) Windows 11 Pro...

Bottles is pretty great for easy setup and configuration of Wine prefixes, but it doesn't fix the underlying issues with Wine (or the various other available flavors). I have tried many different combinations of Wine, Proton, Caffe, Soda, etc. and various configurations to setup SwordSearcher...

Confirmed. It is working. Thank you!

It takes me to OneDrive and displays this message:

I just tried to download this and the links are not working.

The instructions do work well, even for SwordSearcher 10 and Wine 11, if you are using a standard Linux distribution. Those looking to explore atomic distributions such as Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite or the Universal Blue (Bazzite, Aurora, etc.) will have some additional challenges. I have given...

Balatro is pretty fun! I can understand why official Linux support is not on the table. I imagine that would be quite an undertaking. I am glad you've made SwordSearcher what it is. I hope that Wine/Proton continues to develop to the point that Windows software just runs on Linux with...

The SteamOS idea is intriguing, to me at least, because SteamOS is an atomic Arch-based Linux distro. I have a Seam Deck which runs SteamOS. When I have time I will try to set up SwordSearcher as a non-Steam game using Proton to see what happens. This might give a good idea of how much work...

I noticed that about those two files. Winetricks installs the x64 version of ie8 and works well on my non-atomic system. The atomic distros that I have tried so far do not include Wine in the base system. Bazzite, which is based on atomic Fedora, includes winetricks but not Wine. I am not...

Brandon, Thanks for the reply. Good to know. I will leave that out of my further testing. :D It turns out that my adventure with Bottles actually confused things by a lot. Since winetricks isn't available to flatpacks, the built in prefix templates install things like mono, gecko, and...

I have been tinkering with Linux for many years but recently decided to get serious about switching away from Windows because of all the hubub around 11. To me, SwordSearcher is a must, so I have been working on different methods of getting it running on different Linux distros. I have not yet...